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- New policies and decisions on biodiversity management should be included. - Current demand drives and market trends of biodiversity products should be considered. Emphasis should be laid on need to fill up the gaps created by the lack of capacities. - Revisit actions which were not fully implemented and see how they could be fully implemented. 2.6.3.2 SUGGESTIONS TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES Since obstacles on the execution of the NBSAP revolve on the lack of finances, adequate and suitable personnel, the following considerations should be made: - Increase budgeting allocations in all the areas of spending in biodiversity; - A policy statement to emphasis on the importance and need to implement all the activities in the NBSAP; - Members of Parliament should be sensitized on the importance of the involvement of grass-root organization and the need for corresponding budgetary allocation for NBSAP execution issues; - There is need to create a biodiversity committee separate structure which will be reporting to the CBD Focal Point Ministry and will be responsible in ensuring that the following areas are implemented: - NBSAP and CBD processes and decisions; - Monitoring, evaluating, review and reporting activities of the NBSAP/CBD and related services; - Identify any problems, gaps and propose solutions - Recommend on the best way of executing the NBSAP; - The structure should be equipped in finances and personnel 64
CHAPTER III BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION INTEGRATIONINTO OTHER SECTORS In Cameroon, Biodiversity conservation is integrated into eleven sectors and their relationship is summarised in Table 43 below: Operators in each sector have been sensitized on the need to sustain the services in each domain by:- - Operating in a manner to conserve or assist in sustaining the resource base. - Use the resource in a manner beneficial to the community Table 43. Biodiversity Conservation Integration into other Sectors Sector Integrated Activity Of Biodiversity Form ofIntegration Agriculture Health Rural Development Forestry Cameroon has five agro-ecological zones (Fig 11) Plantation agriculture in coastal marine ecosystems-rubber, banana, oil palm, - Peasant farming – Cocoa, coffee, food crops, vegetables in all ecosystems - Agricultural research- Five research stations - Microbial species and soil fertility-Mycorrhiza, Rhizobuim species Ethno-botanical studies - Korup, Bali Ngemba, Kupe Mwanenguba, Bakossi Pharmacopea Cameroon. Microbial species. Traditional medicine - used mostly in rural communities - Rural economy from sales of biodiversity products: fish, food, wood and medicine - Royalties from logging communities: benefits from community forestry - Housing and furniture manufacture, infrastructure from forest materials, mat, grass for roofing. - Logging in the marine coastal, tropical dense humid forest ecosystems - Firewood and NTFPs - Conservation through regeneration and creation of PAs - Sustainable use through forest management Use of environmentally sound technologies Use of hygienic and safe health practices Use of environmentally sound technologies Use of sustainable forest resource management methods Fisheries - Industrial activities in the marine coastal, fresh water ecosystems – Conservation through application of UNCLOS and FAO Code of conduct for responsible fisheries - Destruction of Mangrove vegetation of Douala Estuary and Rio del Ray by drying fish, Construction and drying. Use of sustainable fishery resource management practices 65
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TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES ..
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This report is the
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Fourth Nation
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Ecosystem Case Study Martin Cheek (
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