Macro-economics, markets and the humid forests of Cameroon, 1967–1997

This paper analyses how macro-economic and agricultural policies, market fluctuations and demographic changes affected forests in the Humid Forest Zone of Cameroon in four periods between 1967 and 1997. For each period it examines how these variables influenced cocoa, coffee, food, and agroindustria...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Journal of modern African studies 2000-06, Vol.38 (2), p.225-253
Main Authors: Ndoye, Ousseynou, Kaimowitz, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African studies
Agricultural policy
Agriculture
Cameroon
Cocoa
Crop economics
Crop production
Crops
Deforestation
Degraded forests
Demography
Economic policy
Environmental degradation
Environmental impact
Fallowing
Food crops
Forests
Historical analysis
Macroeconomics
Market
Population growth
Structural adjustment
Timber
World Bank
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This paper analyses how macro-economic and agricultural policies, market fluctuations and demographic changes affected forests in the Humid Forest Zone of Cameroon in four periods between 1967 and 1997. For each period it examines how these variables influenced cocoa, coffee, food, and agroindustrial crop production and area, and logging. It concludes that government policies, market fluctuations and demographic changes all had a strong impact on forests. Pressure on forests increased after structural adjustment policies were initiated in the mid-1980s. Malthusian reasoning alone cannot explain the level of deforestation and forest degradation in Cameroon.
ISSN:0022-278X
1469-7777
DOI:10.1017/S0022278X00003347