CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR ROLE AGAINST LOGGING IN CAMEROON.
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR ROLE AGAINST LOGGING IN CAMEROON.
초록/요약
There used to exist a strong ecological harmony between man and its environment but with increasing globalization of the African economy in general and Cameroon’s economy in particular, this symbiotic relationship has increasingly been threatened, as the economy incurs both huge social and environmental cost. Using Cameroon as an example this research identifies logging as one of the most sensitive issues and assesses the role played by environmental NGOs in the fight against this issue. In order to support NGOs role on this issue, theories such as civil society as the “public sphere”, Edwards (2004), “market failure/government failure” theory, (Weisbrod 1977) and functionalist theory (B. Hess, E.W.Markson, P. J.Stein, 1985) are reviewed to entertain the debate. The research goes further to present and over view of NGOs in Cameroon by focusing especially on the legal procedure surrounding their existence. In order to clearly show the role that environmental NGOs play in the fight against logging in Cameroon, this study has chosen Centre for Environmental Development (CED), which is one of the most active environmental NGO in Cameroon as a case to analyze the contributions that were made by environmental NGOs in the fight against logging in Cameroon. Finally, as a recommendation to the Cameroonian society, the study principally suggests that if appropriate legislation for NGOs can be obtained in Cameroon, then they would constitute an ultimate strategy in the struggle to protect the remaining forest from disappearing.
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CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER TWO: OVER VIEW OF LOGGING IN CAMEROON 5
2.1 Forest potentialities 5
2.2 Logging actors 10
2.3 Evolution of forest development 13
2.4 Forest development legislation and regulation 17
2.5 The main provisions of the current forest code. 17
2.7 The remaining forest. 19
CHAPTER THREE: REVIEW OF THEORIES. 21
3.1 The Public sphere theory 21
3.2 The Market/Government failure theory 22
3.3 The Functionalist theory 23
3.4 The evaluation of theories 23
CHAPTER 4: THE NGO SECTOR IN CAMEROON 25
4.1 NGOs setting in Cameroon 25
4.2 NGO legal framework 27
4.3 The range of civil society actors 28
4.4 The ENGOs 29
4.5 NGOs involved in the fight against logging 29
CHAPTER FIVE: THE ANAYSIS OF NGOs ACTIVITIES IN LOGGING 34
A Case Study of CED 34
5.1 General analysis 34
5.2 A case analysis 39
5.2.1 About CED 40
5.2.2 Stopping a sawmill 41
5.3 Evaluation 42
5.3.1 Results of the campaign. 42
5.3.2 Challenges of the project 42
CHAPTER SIX: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 44
6.1 Summary 44
6.2 Conclusion 44
6.3 Recommendations 45
6.4 Limitations and problems faced 47
References 48
