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Balancing Politics, Economics and Conservation: The Case of the Cameroon Forestry Law Reform
Author(s) -
Ekoko Francçois
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
development and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-7660
pISSN - 0012-155X
DOI - 10.1111/1467-7660.00149
Subject(s) - politics , government (linguistics) , balance (ability) , power (physics) , illegal logging , economics , political science , process (computing) , logging , security interest , law and economics , business , economic system , political economy , law , forestry , geography , medicine , philosophy , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , physical medicine and rehabilitation , operating system
The formulation of Cameroon’s 1994 Forestry Law was influenced by the World Bank, the Government of Cameroon and French politicians, as well as by logging companies and individual Cameroonian politicians. Their actions were motivated by development objectives, direct material interests and political concerns. However, as the result of a flawed formulation process, conflicting interests and weak government administrative capacity, the law has not been fully implemented and may not be. An analysis of the 1994 Forestry Law suggests that the success of future policies will depend on the willingness of actors to defend their interests, the balance of power at the time, and the ability of the Executive Branch to mediate among the different interests in each case.