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Win-wins in forest product value chains? How governance impacts the
sustainability of livelihoods based on non-timber forest products from Cameroon
Ingram, V.J.
Publication date
2014
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Citation for published version (APA):
Ingram, V. J. (2014). Win-wins in forest product value chains? How governance impacts the
sustainability of livelihoods based on non-timber forest products from Cameroon.
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List of acronyms
AfDB African Development Bank ABS Access and Benefit Sharing ACS Adaptive Cluster Sampling AFD French Development Agency
AFLEG Africa Forest Law Enforcement and Governance AFRIMED Société Africaine des Medicaments
ANAFOR Agence National d’Appui au Développement Forestier/National Forestry Development Agency
ANCO Apiculture and Nature Conservation Organisation, Bamenda
ASOFAD Association of Afang Dealers of Nigeria
ASSOFOMI Association of Oku Forest Management Institutions
ASSOKOFOMI Association of Kom Forest Management Institutions
BEAC Banque des Etat d’Afrique Central BERUDEP Belo Rural Development Project
BfW Austrian Development Service
BHFP Bamenda Highlands Forest Project CBD Convention on Biological Biodiversity CBFP Congo Basin Forest Partnership CBO Community Based Organisation
CCPM Circle of Partners of the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife
CDC Cameroon Development Corporation
CENAHC Centre de Naturopathie. et d'Action Humanitaire du Cameroun CENDEP Centre for Nursery Development and Eru Propagation
CEREP Centre pour la Protection Durable de L’Environnement
CEXPRO Compagnie Commerciale pour l’exportation des Produits Forestiers CF Community Forest
CI Conservation International
CIAT International Centre for Tropical Agriculture
CIFOR Centre for International Forestry Research
CIG Common Initiative Group
CIRAD French Centre for International Agricultural Research for Development
CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
COMCAM MINFOF Database of Commercialised Species in Cameroon
COMIFAC Commission des Forêts d’Afrique Centrale/ Central Africa Forest Commission CPR Common property resource
CRPMT Centre de Recherche en Plantes Médicinales et Médicine Traditionnelle/Research Centre for Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine
CSO Civil Society Organisation DBH Diameter at Breast Height
DED German Development Organisation DF Department of Forestry of MinFoF
DfID UK Department for International Development
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DPT Department of Promotion and Transformation of Forest Products, MinFoF EC European Commission
EU European Union
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
FCFA Franc de la Communauté Financière Africaine/African Financial Community Franc FLEG Forest Law Enforcement and Governance
FLEGT Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade FLO Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International
FMI Forest Management Institution /Institution du Gestion du Foret FMO Forest Management Officer
FMU Forest Management Unit
FONJAK Foundation Fritz Jacob Cameroun FSC Forest Stewardship Council GDP Gross domestic product GEF Global Environmental Facility
GFW Global Forest Watch GI Geographic Indication
GIC Groupe d’Initiative Commune/Common Initiative Group
GNP Gross national product
GTBAC Groupe de Travail Biodiversité d’Afrique Centrale/ Central African Biodiversity
Work Group
GTZ Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit/German Technical Cooperation
GIZ Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit/German Development Cooperation
HIPC Highly Indebted Poor Country Initiative
HMRS EU Honey Monitoring Residue Scheme
HONCO Honey Cooperative
ICRAF World Agroforestry Centre
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAT International Federation for Alternative Trade IFRI International Forestry Resources and Institutions
IIED International Institute for Environment and Development IMF International Monetary Fund
IMPN Institute de Recherche Médicales and Etudes des Plantes Médicinales
IRAD Institute of Agricultural Research for Development/ Institut de Recherche Agricole pour le Développement
IRET Institut de Recherches en Ecologie Tropicale, Gabon
ISSC-MAP International Standard for Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
ITTO International Tropical Timber Organisation IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature KFW German Development Bank
KIWHA Kilum Ijim White Honey Association
KMFP Kilum Mountain Forest Project KIFP Kilum Ijim Forest Project KTB Kenyan Top Bar beehive LBG Limbe Botanic Garden
MCBCC Mount Cameroon Biodiversity Conservation Centre MCP Mount Cameroon Project
MDG Millennium Development Goal
MEA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
MIDENO Northwest Development Agency
MINADER Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
MINATD Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization
MINEF Ministère de l’environnement et Forêt / Ministry of the Environment and Forestry (now MINFOF) (till 2004)
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Livestock, Fisheries and Industrial Animals
MINFOF Ministère des Forêts et de la Faune/Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (former MINEF)
MIS Market Information System
MISPEG Manyu Indigenous Spice Processing Ekemco Group
MINSME Ministry of small and medium enterprises, social economy and handicrafts
MOBEC Modern Beekeepers of Cameroon
MOCAP Mount Cameroon Prunus Harvesting Company MOU Memorandum of Understanding
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation NOWEBA Northwest Beekeepers Association
NTFP Non-Timber Forest Product NW Northwest Region
NWFP Non-Wood Forest Product
OAPI African Office for Intellectual Property
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OFAC Observatoire des Forêts d’Afrique Centrale/ Central African Forests Observatory ONADEF Office National de Développement des Forêts (now ANAFOR)
OPF Ozone Friendly People, Bamenda
PADFA Projet d’Appui au Développement de la Filière Apicole/Support Project to the Apiculture Chain
PAFN Plan d'Action Forestier National / National Forestry Action Plan
PAFRA Programme d’Appui à la Foresterie Rurale et d’Agroforesterie/Support Programme for Rural Forestry and Agroforestry
PAPCO MINADER Programme for the Support of Okok Domestication PAR Participatory Action Research
PAU Prunus Allocation Unit
PD Provincial Delegate (now Regional Delegate) PEN Poverty Environment Network
PFPF Partners in Productivity Foundation
PLANTECAM Compagnie Pharmaceutique Française du Groupe Fournier PMP Prunus Management Plan
PNGE Plan National de Gestion de l'Environnement PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
PSFE Forest Environment Sector Programme
PSMNR - SWP Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in the Southwest Province PSRF Programme de Sécurisation de Recette Forestier
REDD Reduced Emissions for Deforestation and Degradation
RIFFEAC Réseau des Institutions de Formation Forestière et Environnementale de l'Afrique Centrale/Network of Forestry and Environment Research and Training Institutions of Central Africa
RFC Réseau Foret Communautaire / Community Forest Network
RIGC Projet Renforcement des Initiatives de Gestion Communautaire des ressources forestières et fauniques/Capacity building for community managed forest and fauna resources initiatives
RRI Rights and Resources Initiative SD Standard deviation
SFP Special Forestry Products / Produits Spéciaux Forestièr
SIGIF Système de Gestion de l’Information Forestière / Forest Information Management System
SLA Sustainable Livelihoods Approach SME Small and Medium Enterprise
SMP Simple Management Plan for a Community Forest SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
SRG Scientific Review Group (CITES) STR Significant Trade Review SW Southwest Region
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SYVBAC Central African Bushmeat Monitoring System/Système de suivi de la filière viande de brousse en Afrique Centrale
TRAFFIC Wildlife Trade Monitoring Programme (IUCN and WWF joint programme)
UGIPROMNAD Djerem Union of Natural Honey Producers
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNFF United Nations Forum on Forests UNO United Nations Organisation
VCA Value chain analysis
VSO Voluntary Services Overseas
WCMC World Conservation Monitoring Centre WCS Wildlife Conservation Society
WHINCONET Western Highlands Nature Conservation Network
