list of figures - Terry Sunderland

Table 24. Study sites and sampling
Population 4 Registered 5
Number % (percentage)
number of enumerated for sampling
artisans this study
Douala 809,852 96 24 25%
Yaounde 649,252 124 31 25%
Bafoussam 112,681 20 20 100%
Bamenda 110,142 25 22 88%
Kumba 70,112 16 13 81%
Edea 50,609 11 6 55%
Limbe 44,561 8 7 88%
Bertoua 43,402 8 8 100%
Mbalmayo 35,390 13 13 100%
Ebolowa 34,771 2 2 100%
Sangmelima 23,261 8 8 100%
Kribi 21,507 7 7 100%
Mamfe 13,844 8 7 88%
Abong-Mbang 12,565 3 3 100%
Yokadouma 11,235 2 2 100%
353 174 81%
7.5 THE RATTAN SECTOR IN CAMEROON
7.5.1 Rattan harvesting and supply to the urban markets
7.5.1.1 The resource base
Although eighteen species of rattan occur in Cameroon, only three form the basis of
the trade; the large diameter canes, Laccosperma secundiflorum and L. robustum and
the juvenile stems of Eremospatha macrocarpa. As discussed in Chapter 6 and
Appendix 1, although there is considerable spontaneous use for most species, only a
very few species possess the qualities suitable for the commercial production of
processed products.
7.5.1.2 Customary laws and State legislation
Without exception, rattan artisan workshops rely on a regular supply of unprocessed
cane from the forest. Throughout its range, rattan is considered an open-access
resource and, as such, is generally not subject to customary laws relating to land and
resource tenure. This is also reflected in the formal State forestry sector; although, in
theory, a permis d’exploitation is required for the commercial harvest of non-timber
4 Accurate figures for population are only available from the 1989 census (GoC, 1989); the populations
of Douala and Yaounde in particular are thought now to be >1,000,000 and 800,000 respectively
(Horta, 1991).
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