In 1999 CIFOR (Centre for International Forestry Research) funded a study on the state of knowledge on Gnetum sp, Prunus africana and Tabernanthe iboga. The same year, research was carried out in collaboration with the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) to study the 'Production - to - consumption' (PSC) of the rattan sector in Cameroon. The work aimed to identify development intervention for the improvement of livelihoods in the area and for a sustainable rattan industry in Cameroon.

Between 1998 and 2001, the Environmental Research Programme (ERP) funded by University of Wales, Bangor was conducted. The programme involved the development of tools and improved methods of identification, assessment and evaluation of biodiversity in tropical mountain environment. In collaboration with MINEF, the work was carried out in selected villages in the Mount Cameroon region and involved complete participation with communities in the region.

DFID funded work included the Forestry Research Programme (FRP), managed by the University of Oxford. This involved the development of guidelines for the production of field identification manuals. Work was carried out with villages in the Mount Cameroon region to evaluate guide-lets prepared from the field collection of a variety of Cola sp.

Other achievements

Generation of baseline Socio-economic information through the use of participatory and conventional studies to inform the elaboration of forest management plans in the Mount Cameroon region.

Household nutrition and Market survey of bushmeat to:

• Inform wildlife management in the West Coast area of the Mount Cameroon region
• Contribute to the financial cost-benefit analysis of the sustainability of wildlife management in the Mount Cameroon region.

Extensive work with GEF & The Mount Cameroon Project has included:

• Generation of baseline information on the production and use of timber in the Mokoko area of the Mount Cameroon region to contribute to the Community forest resource management planning process;
• Farm and Farming systems survey to inform land use planning in the Bimbia Bonadikombo area of the Mount Cameroon region;
• Natural resource use assessment of the Bomboko forest reserve area to inform the elaboration of the Bomboko Forest Reserve Management plan;
• Participatory resource assessment of timber and non-timber forest products in the Mokoko area of the Mount Cameroon region;
• Training of local community groups in participatory rural appraisal tools and techniques for data collection and analysis.

Links and Partnerships

This subprogramme works with local communities and community based organisations within the Mount Cameroon region, local and International NGOs, Universities, Research institutions, individual researchers and scientists.

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