The Rainforests of Cameroon - PROFOR

In-Depth Analysis of Impacts 103Table 5.5 continuedArea tax redistribution and use Local councils Communities TotalRecurrent40% ofredistributedrevenues20% ofredistributedrevenuesEducation 14 36 Education (teachers’salaries)Health 3 2 Health (salaries)Local council operationalcosts (meetings, allowances,transport, operations, andmangement)42 42 Communityfinancial auditLocal council salaries 25 20 Services for creationof communityforestsCulture and sport 4 100 TotalOther 12Total 100Source: Institutions et Développement, November 2004 update of audit on the redistribution of forest taxationrevenues.are using forest resources to finance their offices and programs. Communityinterests come second. Can this divergence of interests be resolved?It is expected that local governing bodies will come to express the willof citizens over time as democratic structures consolidate. The questionthat remains is whether potential conflicts between local, traditional forestresource authorities (elders, lineage leaders, village chiefs), and centrallyimposed institutions can be resolved in ways that support true communityaction and representation with respect to forest management and revenue.Community Forests and Local LivelihoodsObservers concur that community forestry in Cameroon is several yearsahead of similar efforts in other parts of Africa’s humid tropics and thatlessons from Cameroon will be useful to other countries (Julve and others2007). Communities Delivered can now by The exert World their Bank rights e-library over to: forests by establishingcommunity forests, by preempting IP : 192.86.100.34 forest areas from being tenderedThe World Bankfor ventes de coupe, and by Mon, converting 09 Nov 2009 forest 17:06:18 land to other uses.These rights are still unevenly and imperfectly enjoyed, however. Severalapproaches have been attempted, and the number of community forests(c) The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank