FORESTRY RISK PROFILE
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Alemagi, D. and Kozak, R. A. 2010. Illegal logging in Cameroon: Causes and the path forward. Forest policy and economics 12: 554-561.
Alemagi, D. et al. (2013), ‘Cameroon’s Environmental Impact Assessment Decree and Public Participation in Concession Based Forestry:
An Exploratory Assessment of Eight Forest-Dependent Communities’, Journal of Sustainable Development 6(10), at http://
dx.doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v6n10p8
Cerutti, P. O., R. Nasi, and L. Tacconi. 2008. Sustainable forest management in Cameroon needs more than approved forest management plans. Ecology and Society 13(2): 36. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss2/art36/
CITES Species Checklist: Cameroon - http://checklist.cites.org/
Dibamou, P. (2012), ‘Cameroun: Assemblée Nationale – L’avant-projet de loi forestier en débat’, at http://fr.allafrica.com/
stories/201212130381.html
Environmental Investigation Agency EIA, 2014. Palm Oil Expansion and Illegal Forest Conversion in Cameroon. Accessed 4 February
2015 at http://eia-global.org/news-media/palm-oil-expansion-and-illegal-forest-conversion-in-cameroon.
FERN, 2014. Forest Watch FLEGT Update June 2014. Accessed 4 February 2015 at http://www.fern.org/sites/fern.org/files/VPA%
20update%20June%202014.pdf.
Fernagut, M. 2014. 'Illegal logging costs millions'. Environment & Poverty Times No. 5. Accessed 4 February 2015 at http://
www.grida.no/publications/et/ep5/page/2822.aspx.
FODOR (2015). Anti-Cor website, a transparency initiative aimed at tackling corruption in the forest sector (ITAC). Accessed 3 February
2015 at http://www.anti-cor.org/accueil/corruption-en-foresterie.
Forest Legality Alliance Risk Tool - Cameroon: http://www.forestlegality.org/risk-tool/country/cameroon-0
Forest Monitor, undated. Politics, Law and the Logging Industry. Accessed 5 February 2015 at http://www.forestsmonitor.org/fr/
reports/550066/550073.
Forest People's Programme, 2014. Backgrounder on Cameroon. Accessed 4 February 2015 at http://www.forestpeoples.org/sites/fpp/
files/private/news/2014/02/FPP%20media%20briefing%20CAMEROON%20(1).pdf.
Global Witness, 2012. Annual Transparency Report - Cameroon - Analysis - Forest land tenure and customary . Accessed 4 February
2015 at http://www.foresttransparency.info/cameroon/2012/lessons-learnt/analysis/808/forest-land-tenure-and-customary-rights/.
Greenpeace (2014). 'License to Launder - How Herakles Farms' illegal timber trade threatens Cameroon's forests and VPA.' Accessed 2
February 2015 at http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/publications/Campaign-reports/Forests-Reports/Licence-to-Launder/.
Hewitt D. (2013), Identifying Illegality in Timber from Forest Conversion. A Review of Legality Definitions. Washington DC: Forest Trends
(http://forest-trends.org/publication_details.php?publicationID=4150).
Hoare, A. (2015). 'Illegal Logging and Associated Trade - The response in Cameroon.' Chatham House, January 2015. Accessed 02 February 2015 at http://www.illegal-logging.info/sites/default/files/CHHJ2771_Cameroon_Logging_Research_Paper_A4_01.15_WEB%
2816.01.15%29.pdf.
Lawson, S. (2014e), Consumer Goods and Deforestation. An Analysis of the Extent and Nature of Illegality in Forest Conversion for Agriculture and Timber Plantations. Washington, DC: Forest Trends.
Mongaby. Cameroon Country Profile. Accessed 4 February 2015 at http://rainforests.mongabay.com/20cameroon.htm.
The REDD Desk, 2015. REDD Countries Database. Accessible online atwww.theREDDdesk.org/countries
Transparency International (2015). Corruption Perception Index 2015 - Cameroon. Accessed 3 February 2015 at http://
www.transparency.org/country/#CMR.
USAID (2011). 'USAID Country Profile - Property Rights and Resource Governance - Cameroon'. Accessed 3 February 2015 at http://
usaidlandtenure.net/sites/default/files/country-profiles/full-reports/USAID_Land_Tenure_Cameroon_Profile.pdf.
Wily, LA (2013). Whose Land Is It? The status of customary land tenure in Cameroon. Centre for Environment and Development / FERN /
The Rainforest Foundation UK. Accessed 3 February 2015 at http://www.fern.org/sites/fern.org/files/cameroon_eng_internet.pdf.
Workshop on Implementation of Review of Significant Trade (RST) Recommendations for Prunus africana (2008)- http://www.cites.org/
common/prog/african-cherry/14-NDF-SupportingDocument.pdf
World Bank 2013. Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) 2013 - Cameroon. Accessed 5 February 2015 at file:///C:/Users/Alexandra%
20Banks/Downloads/c44.pdf.
Note: A number of additional references were studied in the preparation of this profile. For a full list, please see the NEPCon National Risk
Assessment for Cameroon.
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Official Link to the Cameroon VPA: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:22011A0406(02)
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RA Timber Legality Verification: http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/forestry/verification/legal
FSC Certification information: http://info.fsc.org
NEPCon LegalSource Program: http://www.nepcon.net/4871/English/Certification/Timber_legality_services/
Bureau Veritas OLB Certification: http://www.bureauveritas.com/wps/wcm/connect/bv_com/group/home/about-us/our-business/
certification/sector-specific-solutions/forest-wood-products/olb/olb-certification-documents-and-standards
VLC STD: http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/sites/default/files/site-documents/forestry/documents/VER-29_RA%
20VLC_Standard_for_FMEs_Cameroon_13Mar14_FRE_Consultation%20Draft.pdf
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