Analysis of Agro Alternatives to Boost Cameroon’s Socio-Environmental Resilience, Sustainable Development, and Conservation of Native Forests

Tomas Gabriel Bas, Jacques Gagnon, Philippe Gagnon and Angela Contreras
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Tomas Gabriel Bas: Escuela de Ciencias Empresariales, Catholic University of the North, Antofagasta 1780000, Chile
Jacques Gagnon: École de Gestion, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada
Philippe Gagnon: École de Gestion, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada
Angela Contreras: Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Catholic Maule University, Talca 3480094, Chile

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 14, 1-28

Abstract: Located in Central Africa, Cameroon is a country with strong social inequalities and fragile governance and institutions. This has a direct impact on the sustainable development of its territory, communities, and native forest, which are subject to constant socio-environmental and economic pressures due to overexploitation. This research has three purposes: (1) to conduct a comparative theoretical/empirical diagnosis on the quality of Cameroon’s institutional framework, governance, and public policies related to territorial sustainability; (2) to assess the impact of the three clusters identified among the 44 stakeholders interviewed (forestry companies/certifiers; NGOs/communities; and banks/public institutions) on each other; and (3) to analyze the contribution of the use of cassava ( Manihot esculenta ) as an agro alternative to Cameroon’s socio-ecological resilience, sustainable development, and conservation of native forests. The research found: (1) the need for mixed governance with joint accountability to find equitable and lasting sustainable solutions for the parties involved, making communities/ethnic groups visible in the decision-making process; and (2) the agro use of cassava has a positive impact on socio-ecological resilience by contributing to employment, the protection of devastated soils, and the provision of quality food, and by reducing pollution from the cement industry through using cassava waste as an input.

Keywords: sustainable development; theoretical; governance/institutions; socio-ecological resilience; Cameroon forests (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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