Date: Monday, 24 June 2024
Time: 17:30 - 18:30 CEST
Session code 2AV.5
Environmental assessment of bioenergy and biobased systems
Assessment of Wood Loss and its Economic Impact in Logging in the Dense Rainforest of the Littoral Cameroon
Short Introductive summary
According to the Forest Resource Management group (2018), Cameroon is the largest producer of logs in the region, with its national production reaching 44% of regional production. It is one of the top five tropical log exporters in the world, and its industrial round wood production has increased by 35% since 1980 (Global Forest Watch Cameroon, 2011). Logging contributes about 6% of the Gross Domestic Product (MINFOF, 2011) and has accounted for roughly 25% of the country’s foreign exchange (Topa et al. 2009). This high production is not without damage on nature. A report of the European Union (2015), denounced the many irregularities of the timber industry in the country, applying in the forest production areas. These irregularities are responsible for wood loss with direst ecological and economical impacts.The limitation of timber loss could reduce logged forest areas while increasing yield and economic profits.
Presenter
Pyrus Flavien ESSOUMAN EBOUEL
ERAIFT
Presenter's biography
I am a Postdoctorate student at the Postgraduate Regional School of Integrated Forest and Tropical Land Management, based in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Central Africa.
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Co-authors:
M.D. Housseini, University of Ebolowa, Ebolowa, CAMEROON
J.P. Mate Mweru, ERAIFT, Kinshasa, CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
B. Michel, ERAIFT, Kinshasa, CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
Session reference: 2AV.5.20