The Rainforests of Cameroon - PROFOR

162 Appendix 62. Better environmental monitoring and implementation ofinternational conventions and standardsThe setting up of the two Ministries should allow for greater visibilityand clarification of the roles of the different stakeholders. This shouldenable us tackle environmental problems unequivocally, given that thePermanent Secretariat for the Environment in the former MINEF wasunable to go beyond the monitoring of a few conventions. The main missionhere which consisted in setting the different standards in all sectorsof activity was not carried out. Even the implementing instruments ofthe 1996 Framework law on the environment were not drafted. By settingup the Ministry of the Environment and Protection of Nature, theGovernment is thus endowing itself with an ambitious environmentalpolicy that covers all sectors, and wards off the confusion that has alwayscharacterised environmental problems seen by the general public as limitedto the Forest and Wildlife sector. The Ministry mainstreams all thesectors concerned so as to handle the cross-cutting nature of environmentalactions.3. The National Forest and Environment Sector ProgrammeThis programme appears as a choice forum for the implementation offorestry policy during the next decade. Through the Forest and EnvironmentSector Programme, the Government seeks to secure multifacetedassistance for the effective implementation of its policy of sustainableand participatory management of forest resources, so that they contributesignificantly to improve the national economy as well as the livingenvironment and standards of the populations. Priority areas of such supportinclude capacity-building of national institutions in terms of human,material and financial resources to enable them effectively implementthe policy on the field. Such strengthening is to be achieved throughimplementation of institutional reforms envisaged within the frameworkof institutional review, and support of public and private efforts towardsthe sustainable management of forest and wildlife resources at the economic,ecological and social levels.The Programme approach adopted for its preparation and implementationwill also enable the Government to use FESP as a coordinationframework for all actions Delivered that by The contribute World Bank to e-library achieving to: the objectives ofThe World Bankthe country’s forest and wildlife IP : policy. 192.86.100.34 FESP is thus conceived of by Governmentas a national sector Mon, development 09 Nov 2009 17:06:18 programme open to fundingfrom all donors, the civil society, NGOs and the private sector. Throughthis programme, the Government seeks to endow itself with a control(c) The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank