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Publications and reports: Cameroon

This site contains documents prepared by FPP, information from our partners, and other materials of relevance to indigenous peoples, forest-dependent communities and forests.

Documents,
listed below in date order, can be downloaded free, purchased online, or printed copies can be ordered from: julia@forestpeoples.org.

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Southern NGOs are entitled to a 50% discount.

 

Cameroon - general


Publication
Format
Cameroon - General
The situation of indigenous peoples in Cameroon
Supplementary report to UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

submitted by Centre for Environment and Development (CED), Réseau Recherches Actions Concertées Pygmées (RACOPY) and Forest Peoples Programme
January 2010
Report
pdf (0.2Mb)

Annexes
pdf (3.0Mb)
La situation des droits des peuples autochtones au Cameroun
Rapport supplémentaire soumis au Comité des Nations Unies pour l'élimination de la discrimination raciale

soumis par le Centre pour l'Environnement et le Développement (CED), le Réseau Recherches Actions Concertées Pygmées (RACOPY) et Forest Peoples Programme
Janvier 2010
Rapport
pdf (0.2Mb)

annexes
pdf
(3.0Mb)
Securing Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Conservation:
Reviewing and promoting progress in Cameroon

Part of FPP's series on Forest Peoples and Protected Areas
Messe Venant, Okani and Forest Peoples Programme
July 2009
pdf (0.5Mb)
The influence of historical and contemporary land laws on indigenous peoples' land rights in Cameroon
Samuel Nguiffo, Pierre Étienne Kenfack and Nadine Mballa
One of five country studies in the series 'Land rights and the forest peoples of Africa:
Historical, legal and anthropological perspectives'
Published June 2009
(Click on link for the full collection of studies)
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L'incidence des lois foncières historiques et modernes sur les droits fonciers des communautés locales et autochtones du Cameroun
Samuel NGUIFFO, Pierre Étienne KENFACK et Nadine MBALLA
Le deuxième rapport d'une série de cinq études de pays intitulée : "Les droits fonciers et les peuples des forêts d'Afrique : Perspectives historiques, juridiques et anthropologiques"
Juin 2009
(Pour voir tous les titres de la série, cliquez sur le lien)
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Indigenous peoples' participation in mapping of traditional forest resources
for sustainable livelihoods and great ape conservation

Report to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
John Nelson and Messe Venant
November 2008
pdf (0.7Mb)
Conservation and Indigenous Peoples: Assessing the Progress since Durban
Interim report: discussion draft

Launched at the IUCN World Conservation Conference, Barcelona, this is a review of 8 country studies which indicate that despite a commitment to respect the rights of indigenous peoples in protected areas, conservationists have failed to deliver on this promise.
Forest Peoples Programme
October 2008
pdf (0.5Mb)
Conservación y Pueblos Indígenas: Evaluando progresos desde Durban
Informe preliminar: borrador para discusión

Una contribución al Congreso Mundial de la Naturaleza de la UICN
Forest Peoples Programme
Octubre de 2008
pdf (0.5Mb)
The Indigenous Forest Peoples and Protected Areas in Cameroon
A review of Cameroon's implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Brief report as part of FPP's series on Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas
February 2008
pdf (0.4Mb)
Consumers must stop forest destruction
Demand for wood products is threatening the long-term survival of Baka communities
Article for BBC News 'The Green Room'
John Nelson
February 2008
link to BBC article
Evidence of illegal incursions into community land by industrial loggers in Cameroon
Mapping technology used by Baka clearly identifies plans for logging on their land
February 2008
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New technology used by indigenous peoples to map traditional lands and monitor illegal logging given wide coverage on BBC
January 2008
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An Overview of Community Mapping with FPP in Cameroon
Working document
John Nelson
July 2007
pdf (0.6Mb)
Survol de la cartographie communautaire avec FPP au Cameroun
Document de travail
John Nelson
Juillet 2007
pdf (0.6Mb)
Discrimination against indigenous women in Central Africa
Oral statement by Téa Braun, FPP
to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), at its 41st Session, Ghana
May 2007
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A desk-based review of the treatment of indigenous peoples' and social issues
in large and medium-sized GEF biodiversity projects (2005-2006)

FPP analysis of 23 GEF projects into its treatment of indigenous peoples' rights and social issues in the design of its large conservation projects - in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guyana, India, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela
Compiled by Liam Taylor and Tom Griffiths
February 2007
pdf
Forest Peoples, Customary Use and State Forests:
the case for reform

Marcus Colchester
Draft paper presented to the 11th Biennial Congress of the
International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP)
Bali, Indonesia, 19-23 June 2006
pdf
Pueblos del bosque, utilización consuetudinaria y bosques estatales:
argumentos para una reforma

Marcus Colchester
Junio de 2006
pdf
Justice in the forest
Rural livelihoods and forest law enforcement

Based on a review of the situation in Bolivia, Cameroon, Canada, Honduras, Indonesia, and Nicaragua, this new report explores how the newly popular policy of "forest law enforcement" can be made an opportunity rather than a threat to forest peoples.
CIFOR
March 2006
pdf
(1.1Mb)

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Has Wijma complied with FSC certification obligations in Cameroon?
FPP letter to the certification body, EUROCERTIFOR - BVQI, regarding the rights of Bagyeli communities affected by logging concession UFA 09-021
28 February 2006
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Protecting and encouraging traditional sustainable use in Cameroon:
Customary use of biological resources by local and indigenous peoples in Western Dja Reserve, Cameroon

CED and FPP
August 2005
pdf

Central Africa: Great Lakes Region and Cameroon -
Report by Lucy Mulvagh, John Nelson and Dorothy Jackson for The Indigenous World 2005, IWGIA’s Yearbook, published May 2005

Community-based mapping and research on customary resource management
Newsletter
March 2005
La cartographie et la recherche sur la gestion coutumière des ressources basées dans les communautés
bulletin
Mars 2005

The Global Environment Facility in Central Africa -
A desk-based review of the treatment of indigenous peoples' and social issues in a sample of 14 biodiversity projects
March 2005

Indigenous peoples & protected areas in Africa - from principles to practice
The impact of 10 conservation projects on the lives and futures of indigenous peoples
in 7 African countries, including Cameroon.
Project background and links to all case studies
2001 - 2003
To purchase the book of this project online - click on "look & buy"


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Les peuples autochtones et les aires protégées en Afrique : du principe à la pratique
L'impact de 10 projets de conservation sur la vie et sur l'avenir de peuples autochtones
dans 7 pays d'Afrique, y inclus le Cameroun.
Présentation du projet et lien à chaque étude de cas
2001 - 2003
Pour acheter en ligne le livre sur ce projet cliquez sur "découvrez et achetez"


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Indigenous peoples and protected areas: From principles to practice -
Community testimony from Cameroon

Video on CD
2003

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Africa: Forests Under Threat
Published by WRM
2002
Africa: bosques en peligro
WRM
2002
A Survey of Indigenous Land Tenure – in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia
A report for the Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
December 2001
Sold down the river -
The need to control transnational forestry corporations: a European case study
Examination of the EU's role in forest resource management in Cameroon and other African countries.
Forests Monitor with contributions by FPP
2001
La forêt prise en otage -
La nécessité de contrôler les sociétés forestières transnationales : une étude européenne
Le rôle de l'UE dans les forêts de Cameroun et d'autres pays africains
Forests Monitor avec contributions additionnelles du FPP
2001
The Bitter Fruit of Oil Palm:
Dispossession and Deforestation -
Published by WRM, 2001
El amargo fruto de la palma aceitera:
Dispojo y deforestación -
WRM, 2001
 
Chad-Cameroon pipeline
Securing indigenous land rights in the Cameroon oil pipeline zone
Report of an FPP project which supported 20 Bagyéli communities to secure recognition for their land rights as part of their ongoing struggle to secure proper compensation for the oil pipeline on their lands
John Nelson
July 2007
pdf (1Mb)
Sauvegarder les droits fonciers autochtones dans la zone de l'oléoduc au Cameroun
Ce briefing décrit un projet de FPP qui a aidé 20 communautés bagyéli à obtenir la reconnaissance de leurs droits fonciers dans le cadre de la lutte qu'ils mènent afin d'obtenir une juste compensation pour la présence de l'oléoduc sur leurs terres
John Nelson
Juillet 2007
pdf (0.7Mb)
The Chad-Cameroon Oil & Pipeline Project
A Project Non-completion Report

Although the World Bank has produced its Project Implementation Completion Report (ICR) signaling the end of its role in the project, this investigation by three NGOs identifies too many outstanding environmental, livelihood and compensation problems for the World Bank to turn its back on.
April 2007
pdf (1.1Mb)
Concerns over the World Bank's failures in applying Operational Directive 4.20 in Cameroon
FPP letter to the President of the World Bank -
May 2004
Commentaires du réseau RACOPY (Recherche Actions Concertées Pygmées) sur l'étude commanditée par la Banque Mondiale en vue de l'établissement de deux Plans de développement des populations Pygmées devant s'insérer dans le Programme National de Développement Participatif et le Programme Sectoriel Forêt Environnement -
novembre 2003
Case study on the Implementation of the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline
Report on the Bagyeli communities living along the pipeline route - Southern Cameroon
(as presented at the International Workshop on Indigenous Peoples, the Extractive Industries and the World Bank, April 2003)

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Etude de cas camerounais sur la mise en œuvre du pipeline Tchad-Cameroun Rapport de l'enquête menée auprès des Communautés Bagyéli le long du tracé du pipeline : partie Sud du Cameroun (présenté lors de l'Atelier international sur les peuples autochtones, les industries d'extraction et la Banque mondiale, avril 2003)
Letter from FPP to the UK Secretary of State for International Development -
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2 December 2002

 

Written evidence submitted to the House of Commons International Development Committee - 23 October 2002

 

Annex 1 - Evidence of Weakened World Bank Standards

 

Annex 2a - Brief Summary of Written Correspondence between FPP and the UK Government

 

Annex 2b - Summary of Correspondence and Meetings with UK Governmental Agencies and Representatives

 

Annex 3 - Social and Environmental Predictions and Outcomes of the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline
Report on a consultation with Bagyeli communities impacted by the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project -
May 2001
Rapport de l'Enquête sur le Degré d'Implication des Peuples Autochtones dans le cycle du projet Pipeline Tchad-Cameroun -
mai 2000