Cameroon

The actual state of agrarian system in the west high lands region of Cameroon and the social relations which hold them are the results of a long historical processes. Agriculture is the mainstay of this region. It provides food, employment and monetary resources to its population. But this area is also lack of suitable lands comparing to its rapid population growth. This study is an explanatory analysis of evaluation of socio-economic context of agricultural production as to put in evidence the role of rural female labours migrations.

Using the Wasa-Lagone in North Cameroon as an example, the author argues that most Integrated Conservation and Development Projects (ICDPs) lack demographic monitoring. He recommends that ICDPs engage in regional land-use planning and discourage development activities that stimulate immigration.

This policy monograph on the subject of Population and Deforestation in the Humid Tropics is based on the papers of a Seminar on the same topic organized by the Committee on Population and the Environment, one of the scientific committees of IUSSP.

The study aims to display various forms of physical pressure on space along with consequences on the inner and surrounding environment of the town of Yaounde. (from Introduction)

The Root Causes project described in this publication is an innovative programme designed and implemented by WWF's Macroeconomics Program Office to analyse and address the root causes of biodiversity loss. It makes two important contributions. First, it develops an Analytical Approach to help identify, analyse, and organize the many complex factors that drive biodiversity loss. This new approach is based on the straightforward assumption that our success in addressing this problem depends on our ability to understand and act upon the forces driving it.