Germany
ia a major supporter to Cameroon's National Forest Programme
(Programme Sectoriel Forêts et Environnement –
PSFE), which started in 2006. The programme's overall targets
include conservation and valuation of the national forest
and wildlife resources. To secure the economic, ecological
and social functions of Cameroon's forest eco-systems in the
long term, diverse stakeholder groups receive support in sustainable
resources management. The German contribution is currently
geared towards establishing a basket funding approach (Fonds
Commun) for advisory services and investments by Germany and
fellow donors in the area.
A forest policy advice component works at improving
the legal and institutional regulatory prerequisites in support
of the voluntary partnership agreement on behalf of the EU-FLEGT
process. A revision the Forest Law, a more institutionalised
use of modern forest management plans, and an extension of
IT databases contribute to outscaling sustainable forest management
best practices and provide the basis for timber tracking.
To improve the management of public finance
in the forest sector the instruments and processes applied
as yet are being harmonized. The establishment and dispersal
of public budgets are trained, as well as a more self-reliant
use of sectoral programme budgets.
A third component endorses the promising approach of both
conserving and valuating the forest through demarcation of
community forests.
By means of a national climate policy
Cameroon tries to tie up its wealth of natural resources with
international REDD processes (e.g. pilot measures for reducing
greenhouse gas emissions, feeding thier experience and lessons
learnt back into the policy; adoption to climate change measures).
The programme provides support to establishing the necessary
institutional framework for putting the REDD mechanism into
practice.
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