The Rainforests of Cameroon - PROFOR

152 Appendix 6Code in 1994 and an Environment Code in 1996. The Ministry of Environmentand Forests gave way to the two successor Ministries establishedby Decree number 2004/320 on 8 December 2004: the Ministry of Forestsand Fauna (MINFOF) and the Ministry of Environment and Protectionof Nature.The new forestry policy is an important component of the NationalEnvironment Management Plan. It also falls in line with the agriculturalpolicy. The 1994 Law to lay down Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Regulationsand the 1996 Law to institute the Framework Law relating to themanagement of the Environment, establish a policy and strategy frameworkthat centers on the following aspects:• Sustainable management of forests, with the creation of a permanentforest estate and the setting up of Forest Management Units (FMUs)to replace forest permits.• Contribution to economic growth and poverty alleviation by cedingpart of the income from tax revenue to councils, creating jobs andallocating community forests.• Participatory management through consultation with the civil societyand the private sector, sensitisation of rural populations abouttheir responsibilities, and permanent dialogue with the internationalcommunity.• Conservation of biodiversity through a national network of protectedareas.• Building the capacity of the public sector in the performance of itstraditional key functions and the transfer of productive functions tothe private sector.• Putting in place a legal framework conducive to the development of theprivate sector, based on long-term conventions and industrialisation.• Harmonisation of the regional management system through a zoningplan.• Improvement of governance through increased transparency and systematicdissemination of information to the public.Besides, this policy is given greater momentum by government guidelinesthat lay emphasis on Delivered new policy by The World challenges Bank e-library such to: as poverty alleviation,The World Bankdecentralization and good governance. IP : 192.86.100.34 It is also consistent with internationalguidelines on the environment Mon, 09 Nov 2009 laid 17:06:18 out at the Rio Earth Summitin 1992 and Johannesburg Summit of 2002. An Emergency Action Plan(EAP) supplemented these actions in 2000, by laying emphasis espe-(c) The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank