New Ministerial Decision On Bush Meat: Allaying Local Concerns
And Protecting Endangered Species
By Chief Bisong Etahoben in Yaounde
Even before the establishment
of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry which was later split into the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife and the Ministry
of Environment and Nature Protection, there had been a running argument over the place of the human being within the context
of the armada of animal protection legislation in force in the country.
With an ever-increasing
list of protected species of animals, which hitherto were a source of livelihood to most rural Cameroonians, the general feeling
was that the interest of the Cameroonian human was being neglected on the alter of the protection of animal species.
Something had to be
done in order to allay the fears of the rural populations, some of whose main source of livelihood was hunting, as well as
the urban populations to whom bush meat was a delicacy.
Over the years, a
vibrant trade in bush meat has developed whereby middlemen buy the meat in large quantities from rural areas where hunting
is a profession to some individuals and sell it to eating houses, hotels and individual households in urban centres.
The problem with this
arrangement was that it encouraged the large scale slaughter of all species of animals including even those partially or completely
protected by national and international laws and treaties without distinction.
It should be noted
however that government has always insisted that the consumption of bush meat was not prohibited. In fact in a recent letter
of the Minister of Forestry and Wildlife, Prof. Elvis Ngole Ngole to Cameroonians, he insisted, and we quote:
“Consuming bush
meat and forestry exploitation are not prohibited. But activities within the forestry and wildlife sectors are regulated by
laws in force. These laws which were passed by the National Assembly are binding on all of us. They fall within the context
of durable management.”
Within the context
of this durable management, permits are obligatory before hunting certain species of animals which are classified in three
classes: A, B and C.
Class A comprises rare species or species threatened with extinction. As such, they are totally protected
and it is forbidden to kill them. However, any person who wishes to capture or keep them for management purposes or within
the framework of scientific research or for reasons of protection of persons and their property, must obtain a special authorization
issued by the services in charge of wildlife.
CLASS A MAMMALS
The species belonging to this class are as follows: Leopard, cheetah, hunting leopard, African caracal,
Asian caracal, caracal, desert lynx, wild dog, gorilla, chimpanzee, drill, mandrill, eastern black-and-white colobus, magistrate
colobus, guereza, Preuss’s guenon, Preuss’s monkey, Hoest’s monkey, mountain monkey, angwantibo, golden
potto, Bosman’s potto, potto, potto gibbon, Allen’s bushbaby, Allen’s galago, Allen’s squirrel galago,
aardvark, antbear, giant ground pangolin, giant pangolin, African manatee, West African manatee, Beecroft’s flying squirrel,
Beecroft’s scaly-tailed squirrel, African elephant, African savannah elephant (with tusk of less than 5 kilogrammes),
black rhinoceros, brose rhinoceros, hook-lipped rhinoceros, giraffe (seahorse), gazelle (red-fronted gazelle), mountain reedbuck,
water chevrotain.
CLASS A BIRDS
Birds within this Class A are: ostrich, bateleur, bateleur eagle, Japanese white stork, oriental stork,
oriental white stork, black stork, American flamingo, Caribbean flamingo, greater flamingo, Mount Cameroon patridge, large-stripped
“cobe-mouches”, black crowned-crane, West African crowned crane, crested ibis, saddlebill stork, secretary bird,
ring-necked parakeet, rose-ringed parakeet, red-faced lovebird, red-headed lovebird, Senegal parrot, Jardine’s parrot,
red-crowned parrot, red-fronted parrot, Mount Kupe shrike, butcherbird, bare-headed rockfowl, white-necked picathartes, white-necked
rockfowl, yellow-headed rockfowl, grey-headed green shrike, white-necked timalie, Maxwell’s black weaver, white-naped
weaver, green turaco, bannerman’s turaco.
CLASS A REPTILES
Reptiles in Class A are: African sharp-nosed crocodile, African slender-snouted crocodile, long-snouted
crocodile, African crocodile, Nile crocodile, African dwarf crocodile, West African dwarf crocodile, marine turtles, Indian
bullfrog, tiger frog.
Animals in Class B comprise species that benefit from partial protection, and which can only be hunted,
captured or killed by obtaining a wildlife exploitation title or licence.
Species of Class B are made of the following:
MAMMALS
Mammals in Class B are: giant eland, bongo, buffalo, hippopotamus, large hippo, roan antelope (giant
sable), topi, tsessebe, tsessebi, korrigum, hartebeest, African elephant (with tusk of more than 5 kilos),marshbuck, sitatunga,
cob, defassa, waterbuck, bushbuck, giant forest hog, African wildpig, wart hog, African civet, yellow-backed duiker, black-stripped
duiker, bay duiker, banded duiker, zebra antelope, zebra duiker, Peter’s duiker,
spotted hyaena.
BIRDS
Birds in Class B are: martial eagle, steppe eagle, tawny eagle, great egret, great white egret, ducks,
marabou stork, Denham’s bustard, Stanley bustard, grey (red-tailed) parrot, Senegal bustard, white-bellied bustard,
white-bellied kornhaan, black-tip crested turaco, crested turaco, verreaux’s turaco, yellow-billed turaco, white-crested
turaco, violet plantain-eater, violet turaco, blue plantain-eater, great blue turaco.
CLASS B REPTILES
Reptiles in Class
B are: African python, African rock python, Chinese cobra, Chinese spitting cobra, African small-grain lizard, Nile monitor,
agra lizard, agra monitor, Baghdad
small-grain lizard, desert monitor, grey monitor.
CLASS C MAMMALS
Animals in Class C
comprise species other than those of classes A and B. These class C species are partially protected; their capture and killing
are regulated in order to maintain the dynamics of their populations.
MINISTERIAL ACTION TO SATISFY NATIONAL POPULATION
To kill two birds
with one stone, (i.e. create an environment where animal life and especially protected species can continue to thrive while
humans especially those whose livelihood depends on hunting and trade in bush meat) the Minister of Forestry and Wildlife,
Prof. Elvis Ngole Ngole signed Decision N°000857/D/MINFOF of November 10, 2009 organising commerce in bush meat.
According to the decision,
commerce in bush meat would henceforth be carried out only by holders of licences delivered by the relevant wildlife authorities.
Article Two of the
decision stipulates that commerce in bush meat would henceforth be carried out only in designated areas created to this effect
by Government Delegates and Mayors of Councils. The sale of bush meat outside the said designated areas is strictly prohibited
especially along highways, train stations, motor parks, airports and seaports.
Article Three provides
that valid licence holders are authorised to sell but dead animals in Class C. However, the sale of Class A and B species
can only be done if the carcasses come from holders of valid hunting licences, the competent authorities within the context
of administrative weeding or a public auction sale.
The minister in charge
of wildlife would decide on the list of authorised species to be sold in the specially designated areas decided upon each
year.
The decision further
stipulates that besides commercial transactions authorised by administrative weeding and public auctions within the ambit
of the dispositions of the law, all other commerce in bush meat is prohibited during the period of the closure of the hunting
season.
The competent structures
of the Ministries in charge of Wildlife, Animal Breeding, Public Health, Justice and Territorial Administration and Decentralisation
as well as Government Delegates, Mayors of Council are charged with the execution of the said decision.
Contravention
of the decision would be punished according to the regulations in force.
Our Obligations Towards The Cameroonian People
OUR MISSIONS
- Ensure the management
and protection of the forests within the national territory;
- Develop and supervise
national forests regeneration, reforestation, as well as inventory and management programmes;
- Ensure that the
forestry and wildlife legislation is enforced, and that administrative sanctions are taken and applied where need be;
- Ensure the creation
and management of protected areas;
- Ensure the implementation
and subsequent follow up of all wildlife-related international conventions ratified by Cameroon; and
- Ensure the
supervision of the National Forestry Development Authority (ANAFOR), the Mbalmayo National Forestry School (ENEF) and the
Garoua-based School of Wildlife (EFG), and the coordination of the activities with development partners in the forestry sector.
OUR VISION
Ensure that the development
of the Forest Environment Sectoral Programme (FESP) develops as a reference framework of forest-related activities, through
efficient coordination of the latter resulting from a permanent consultation between the Forestry Administration and all the
partners involved in sector-based development.
OUR WORKING PARTNERS
In the Public Sector:
ANAFOR, PAFRA, PSRF.
In the Private Sector:
- The National Trade
Union of Forest Exploitation Entrepreneurs
- The National Trade
Union of Young Forests Exploitation Entrepreneurs
- Several common initiative
groups (CIG), Associations and non-governmental organisations (NGO).
A sub-regional level:
- The COMIFAC zone
- At international
Level (Technical and/or financial): CAID, CACS, FDA, DFID, the World Bank, SNV, GTZ…
OUR ASSETS AS REGARDS THE FESP
“Making the
FESP a better programme for great opportunities”
COMPONENT II:
- Approval of
management plans;
- Signing of decrees
relating to the gazetting of FMUs;
- Gazetting of FMUs;
- Proposal for the
definition of a legality scheme;
- Finalisation of
the survey relating to the tracking of timber products;
- Launching of work
activities relating to the 2nd generation of the SIGIF Initiative;
- Continuous and constant
monitoring/checking of forest related activities;
- Improvement of litigation
follow-up activities;
- Animation and coordination
of the consultation mechanisms/frameworks;
- Negotiations of
the EPAs and VPA with the European Union
EVOLUTION OF COMPONENT III
- Assessment of the
efficiency of the eight (08) target TOUs;
- Finalization of
the Manual of Procedures relating to the management of community hunting areas;
- Organization of
several crack-down operations in Protected Areas, and in FMUs
- Reinforcement of
the human resources in charge of ensuring the protection of Protected Areas (more than 80% of the staff recruited in 2008
were assigned to/posted in the Protected Areas).
EVOLUTION OF COMPONENT IV:
- More than 40 (Community
forests) Simple management plans approved;
- 14 communities equipped
with tools for exploitation;
- 15 training sessions
organized for NGOs and well structured Communities;
- National Reforestation
Programme effectively launched, and Studies on fuel wood finalized in the Northern
Provinces, alongside the creation of Strategic Support Units;
EVOLUTION OF COMPONENT V
- Structural studies
for capacity building in the use of the SIGICOF, SICAF, SIGIPES, GLIN software carried out, as well as for the mastery of
a number of management tools and systems (property, incentives for the staff, communication)
- Organization of
adequate training sessions (computer skills, control strategies, military training, management related to result achievement).
- Recruitment
of technical staff (Graduate Foresters as well as Forestry and Wildlife Technicians) and support staff;
PROTECTED AREAS
The current Protected
Areas Network in Cameroon extends over
a surface area of 8,138 800 hectares, representing
some 18% of the national territory’s surface area.
These Protected Areas
are grouped into several categories, and consist of:
- 15 existent National
Parks, and others under creation;
- 06 Wildlife Reserves
and others under creation;
- 02 Wildlife Sanctuaries
and others under creation;
- 03 Zoological Gardens;
- 46 Cynegetic Hunting
Zones (CHZ) meant for leasing; and
- 22 Community-Managed
Cynegetic Hunting Zones (CMCHZ).
Come Let Us Serve You At The Ministry Of Forestry And Wildlife
PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING ANY DEED, AUTHORISATION OR EXPLOITATION PERMITS IN OUR VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
PERMIT FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF SPECIAL FOREST PRODUCTS
(1 original and 9 certified authentic/true copies)
a) A duly stamped
application stating the full names and residence of the applicant (if a natural person), the name and Articles of Association,
Head Office, registered capital, and its distribution as well as the name of
the Director (in case of a corporate body);
b) A certified true
copy of the act of approval;
c) Proof of available
financial resources;
d) Investments foreseen
(available transport and processing facilities to ensure the proper preservation of produce, existing or planned warehouse,
provision taken or existing for local processing of all, or part, of the output);
e) A tax certificate;
f) A technical form
established by the local official of Forestry Services, specifying the specie to be exploited, the quantity of produce intended
for harvesting, as well as the place and condition of harvesting;
g) Where necessary,
the certificates of verification and attestation of payment, of forestry taxes due on any exploitation act previously acquired;
h) A receipt proving
payment of the files fees, the amount of which shall be determined in accordance with the law governing the financial system
of the State;
i) An attestation
of payment of National Social Insurance Fund contributions.
N.B: Application files shall comprise the documents listed above, as per Article 87 (1) of Decree N°95/531/PM
dated 23 August 1995, to determine the conditions of implementation of the forestry regulations.
APPLYING FOR AN APPROVAL TO EXERCISE
FOREST EXPLOITATION ACTIVITIES
NATURE OF THE APPROVAL
- Forest
inventories
- Sylvoculture
- Exploitation
FOR NATURAL PERSONS:
- A duly stamped application
stating the full name, first names, nationality, profession and residence of the applicant respectively;
- A curriculum vitae
stating the professional experience;
- A documentary evidence
of the applicant’s technical skills, and professional experience;
- An extract of the
applicant’s police record, less than three (3) months old;
- The statistical
trade and registration numbers (Taxpayer’s);
- The field of intervention
solicited;
- A tax certificate;
- A statement of tax
situation;
- A receipt proving
payment of the sum of 150 000 CFA francs representing file processing fees;
- The company’s
financial and economic assets;
- Feasibility studies.
N.B.: The applicant should be resident in Cameroon
FOR CORPORATE BODIES
- A duly stamped application
stating the full names and address of the company;
- A copy of the Articles
of Association of the company;
- The statistical
trade and registration numbers (Taxpayer’s Card);
- An extract of the
applicant’s police record, less than three (3) months old;
- A curriculum vitae
of the manager or the person in charge of conducting forest-related operations, and stating the technical skills of the latter;
- Present and past
activities undertaken by the company;
- The field of intervention
solicited;
- An attestation of
payment of National Social Insurance Fund contributions.
- A tax certificate;
- A statement of tax
situation;
- A receipt proving
payment of the sum of 150 000 CFA francs representing file processing fees;
- The company’s
financial and economic assets;
- Feasibility studies.
N.B.: The Company should be based in Cameroon.
AT THE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND PROTECTED AREAS
WILDLIFE EXPLOITATION PERMITS
Any natural person
or corporate body wishing to carry out a wildlife activity shall be granted approval in one of the following fields:
- Wildlife inventory;
- Wild life exploitation
in the capacity, hunting guide or capturer;
- Exploitation of
Protected Areas as a hunting guide;
- Management of Protected
Areas and hunting zones.
The approval referred
to in this Article shall be personal. It shall not be transferable.
The approval of one
of the activities referred to in Article 32 shall be granted by Order of the Minister in charge of Wildlife, upon recommendation
of a technical advisory board, and based on a file comprising:
FOR NATURAL PERSONS:
- A duly stamped application
- An extract of the
applicant’s police record, less than three (3) months old;
- An information sheet;
- Two passport-size
photographs.
FOR CORPORATE BODIES
- A duly stamped application
stating the full names and address of the company;
- A copy of the Articles
of the Association;
- An extract of the
police record of the manager of the company, less than three (3) months old;
- Current or past
activities of the Manager of the company;
- Two passport-size
photographs.
IN BOTH CASES
- A copy of the business licence;
- Documents showing
proof of professional experience and knowledge in the field requested;
- An authorization
to buy and carry fire arms, and if necessary a tranquilizer gun;
- A list of the resources
to be used;
- A receipt proving
payment of the fees for the licence, and stamp duties, the amount of which shall be determined by the financial law.
- A receipt proving
payment into the public treasury of file processing fees, the amount of which shall be determined in accordance with the financial
law.
HUNTING LICENCE
- A duly stamped application;
- A duly stamped information
sheet containing a statement to the effect that the applicant is aware of the hunting laws and regulations in force and undertakes
to comply therewith;
- A certified true
copy of the permit(s) to carry arms;
- A receipt proving
payment of the arms tax;
- Two passport-size
photographs
- A certified true
copy of the national identity card or a residence permit for the residents;
- A medical certificate
showing the applicant’s physical and mental fitness;
- A receipt proving
payment of taxes due for the previous financial year, in the even of the renewal of the licence;
- A receipt proving
payment of the fees of the licence, and stamp duties, the amount of which shall be determined by the financial law.
LICENCE TO CAPTURE WILD ANIMALS FOR SCIENTIFIC, COMMERCIAL, BREEDING OR DETENTION PURPOSES.
- A duly stamped application;
- A copy of the approval
as a capturer of wild animals;
- A certified true
copy of the hunting licence corresponding to the animal species to be captured;
- A receipt proving
payment of the licence fees, the amount of which shall be determined by the financial law;
- A business licence
- A list of appropriate
equipment, which shall be checked by the official in charge of the Provincial Wildlife Service;
- A land ownership
certificate or lease of appropriate land for the future zoo.
LICENCE TO CAPTURE WILD ANIMALS FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES OF EXPLORING WILDLIFE
- A duly stamped application
specifying the animal species to be captured;
- A certified true
copy of the research permit issued by the competent Ministry;
- Taxes on the licence
to hunt and capture specified species of wild animals;
- Two passport-size
photographs.
- A curriculum vitae;
- A list of the resources
to be used for capture;
- A receipt proving
payment of the fees for the licence, and stamp duties, the amount of which shall be determined by the financial law.
COLLECTION LICENCE
- licence to collect
game trophies for commercial purposes
- Licence to collect
wild game carcases for commercial purposes
- Licence to possess
crafted ivory
The collection licence
for trophies of categories B and C game or the collection licence for the carcases of classes B and C game used for commercial
purposes or otherwise, or the collection licence to possess crafted ivory for commercial purposes shall be issued by the Minister
in charge of Forestry and Wildlife, upon the submission of a complete file comprising the following documents:
- A duly stamped application;
- A statement by the
applicant, on his honour, and to the effect that he is aware of the hunting laws and regulations in force and undertakes to
observe them;
- Two passport-size
photographs.
- A certified true
copy of the national identity card or a residence permit for foreigners;
- An extract of the
applicant’s police record, less than three (3) months old.
2) The signing of
the licence shall be subjected to the payment of:
- Fees for the licence
concerned, amounting to the sum of 100 000 francs CFA francs per quarter (refer to the financial law);
- Allocation fees
amounting to 10 000 CFA francs;
- Stamp fees amounting
to the sum of 20 000 CFA francs.
NB: Collection licence shall be personal and non-transferable documents. No persons shall possess more
than one collection licence.
Holders of collection licences shall freely dispose of their products throughout the national territory.
GAME-RANCHING OR GAME-FARMING LICENCES
The exploration of
a Game-ranch or Game-farming is subject to the obtention of a licence issued to the applicant by the Minister in charge of
Wildlife, upon submission of a complete file comprising the documents hereafter;
- A duly stamped application;
- A localization plan;
- A curriculum vitae;
- An extract of the
applicant’s police record, less than three (3) months old;
- A certified true
copy of the national identity card or a residence permit for foreigners;
- A list of the applicant’s
resources;
- Two passport-size
photographs;
- A copy of the land
ownership certificate or lease of appropriate land.
CINEMA, CYNEGETIC AND PHOTOGRAPHIC HUNTING PERMITS AND LICENCES
Without prejudice
to the separate provision concerning cinema camera and photographic filming, any person wishing to film or photograph wildlife
scenes shall be required to obtain a cinema camera or photographic hunting licence issued under the conditions laid down by
order of the Minister in charge of Wildlife.
In any case, the applicant
shall specify the purpose for which the pictures are taken, as well as the references and types of apparatus used.
The issuing of a cinema
camera and a photographic hunting licence shall be subject to the payment of a fee, the amount of which shall be fixed by
the finance law.
AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PROMOTION AND PROCESSING OF FOREST
PRODUCTS (DPT)
ATTESTATION OF OWNERSHIP OF TIMBER PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (AOTPE)
- A report on the
visit to the site, issued by either the Regional Delegation or the Divisional Delegate
- Legal documents
attesting to ownership of appropriate processing equipment (purchase invoices, lease contracts or comparative reports produced
by an expert approved by ONECA)
- A visit to the site,
where necessary, and in the event of any doubt;
- Administrative documents
(business licence, statistical trade registration numbers, taxpayer’s card, non indebtedness attestation or quitus).
- Articles of Association
of the Company
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION AS A WOOD PROCESSOR (CRWP)
- A duly stamped application
addressed to MINFOF;
- Support documents
justifying the source of supply of the wood or contracts duly signed by a bailiff, and approved by MINFOF;
- Support documents
relating to means needed to carry out timber processing activities (attestation of ownership of appropriate processing equipment
issued by DPT);
- Administrative documents
(business licence, statistical trade registration numbers, taxpayer’s card, non indebtedness attestation or quitus).
- Articles of the
Company
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION AS A PROCESSED WOOD EXPORTER (CRPWE)
- A duly stamped application
addressed to MINFOF;
- Photocopy of the
CRPWE;
- Support documents
justifying the source of supply of the wood or contracts duly signed by a bailiff, and approved by MINFOF;
- Support documents
relating to means needed to carry out timber processing activities (attestation of ownership of appropriate processing equipment
issued by DPT);
- Administrative documents
(business licence, statistical trade registration numbers, taxpayer’s card, non indebtedness attestation or quitus).
- A Report on the
activities carried out the previous financial year (where renewal is needed);
- A copy of the previous
CRPWE (where renewal is needed).
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION AS A LUGS EXPORTER (CRLE)
- A duly stamped application
addressed to MINFOF;
- Support documents
justifying the source of supply of the lugs;
- A copy of the licence;
- Administrative documents
(business licence, statistical trade registration numbers, taxpayer’s card, non indebtedness attestation or quitus).
- A Report on the
activities carried out the previous financial year (where renewal is needed);
- A copy of the previous
CRPWE (where renewal is needed).
AUTHORIZATION TO EXPORT TIMBER MADE ITEMS (AETMI)
- A duly stamped application
addressed to MINFOF and specifying:
- The nature of the
product;
- The origin of the
product;
- The quantity (or
number) of items;
- The destination.
AUTHORIZATION TO EXPORT TIMBER (AET)
- A duly stamped application
addressed to MINFOF;
- A delivery slip;
- Invoices attesting
to the purchase of the processed wood constituting the slot concerned, and duly obtained from your regular supplier, who must
be an industrialist formally registered at the level of MINFOF;
- Administrative documents
(business licence, statistical trade registration numbers, taxpayer’s card, non indebtedness attestation or quitus).
Looking Ahead With Hope And Confidence In The Ministry Of Forestry
And Wildlife
By Eric Kombey Wolete in Yaounde
Cameroon was seriously affected by the 2008/2009 world economic downturn, and like
most third world countries, through no fault of hers. However, through the mature leadership of its Head of State President
Paul Biya and the Yang Philemon government represented at the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife by the dynamic Prof. Elvis
Ngole Ngole Cameroon was able to swim
through the turbulent waters without much damage to the national economy.
With the very hard
days hopefully over, it is time to look ahead. And to this end, Minister Ngole Ngole envisages appropriate measures and actions
to ensure that government policy concerning the forestry and wildlife sectors is executed to the letter.
As Prof. Ngole Ngole
told parliamentarians while defending his budget in the National Assembly on November 24, 2009: “In spite of the difficulties
encountered by my ministerial department during the 2009 year and also thanks to new-found hope for the end of the international
financial crises, the efforts started in 2009 would be maintained and new challenges are envisaged to continue with the putting
into place of Cameroon’s forestry policy. That is why the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife envisages for 2010 a programme
of ambitious but realisable activities with the support of all and especially the national representation on which we have
always counted.”
The minister revealed
that during the 2010 fiscal year, his ministry would undertake a number of important projects including the revision of the
1994 forestry law, the finalisation of the procedures of zoning of parts of the national territory not yet covered, the pursuit
of the finalisation of Forestry Management Units and communal forest classification.
The management of
production and communal forests would be continued as well as the pursuit of the putting in place of the decentralisation
policy through the classification of communal forests, attribution of communal forests and the more active implication of
the local populations and indigenes in the durable management of forests.
The government would
also amongst other things:
- put in place a timber tracing
system in order to augment governance and transparency in the forestry sector;
- the pursuit of the forest regeneration
programme with particular accent being put on the regeneration of forest concessions and the follow-up on areas already regenerated
under the terms of management conventions signed with local councils;
- the intensification of forestry
controls in all the forestry zones of the country;
- the putting in place of the
project for a green belt around big towns of the nation.
As concerns the promotion
and transformation of wood, it is envisaged that in 2010 the ministry would carry out a study to identify the various trades
involving wood and evaluate what is necessary to reinforce capacities, the training of artisans in the wood trade, the involvement
and the participation of the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife in international promotion fairs etc.
In the wildlife sector,
the ministry would continue with the process of creating protected areas begun in 2009. It would also among other things:
- Acquire adequate materials to
constitute a database;
- Put in place management plans
for key species (elephant, big monkeys, lions etc);
- Elaborate, revise and put in
place management plans for key species;
- Put in place and harmonise the
ecological follow-up process on wildlife and protected areas;
- The effective implication of
councils in the management of protected areas within the context of decentralisation;
- The conclusion of the study
on the management of man-wildlife conflicts and propose the relevant texts;
- The pursuit of lessons on wildlife
legislation in certain professional schools such as the military academy, police academy, gendarmerie academy and ENAM;
- The increase of manpower in
protected areas;
- Finalising the elaboration or
revision of management plans for national parks started in 2009; The formalisation of the platform for collaboration between
the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife and the Ministry of Tourism for the development of ecotourism;
- The technical and financial
support of some pilot initiatives in game farming in collaboration with the Ministry of Animal Breeding, Fisheries and Industries;
- The arrangement of exchange
visits on the feasibility of game farming initiatives and alternatives to poaching;
- The launching of studies on
the enrichment and the re-population of protected areas with endangered wild animals.
All these lofty projections
would come to naught if all the various stakeholders in the forestry and wildlife sectors do not put their hands together
and work towards their realisation.
As the Minister of
Forestry and Wildlife Prof. Elvis Ngole Ngole said in a recent letter to Cameroonians published on the website of that ministry:
“I call thus call upon you to locally carry out this combat which gains go beyond our national borders.”
OUR WORKING TEAM
In order to accomplish its missions, the
Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife has a working team comprising :
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A Private Secretariat
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Two (2) Technical Advisers
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A General Inspectorate
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A National Brigade to check all forestry and anti-poaching-related activities
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A Central Administration
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External Services
-
Attached Services
OUR REFERENCES
Head Office: Ministerial Building
N°2, Yaounde
Website: www.minfof-cm.org
CABINET OF THE MINISTER
Telephone: (0237) 22-22-94-83
Fax:
(0237) 22-22-94-89
GENERAL INSPECTORATE
Telephone: (0237) 22-22-94-86
Fax:
(0237) 22-22-94-84
DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
Telephone/Fax: (0237) 22-23-92-31
DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND PROTECTED AREAS
Telephone/Fax: (0237) 22-23-92-28
DEPARTMENT OF TIMBER PROMOTION AND PROCESSING
Telephone/Fax: (0237) 22-23-92-33
DEPARTMENT OF COOPERATION AND PROGRAMMING
Telephone/Fax: (0237) 22-23-22-44
