Articles de revues : « Environmental geography – Cameroon »

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ALEMAGI, DIEUDONNE, VENAN A. SONDO, and JÜRGEN ERTEL. "CONSTRAINTS TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PRACTICE: A CASE STUDY OF CAMEROON." Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management 09, no. 03 (2007): 357–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1464333207002809.

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Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) practice in Cameroon has been plagued with many constraints especially from the infrastructure and EIA resource perspective. The present legal and procedural disposition vis-à-vis EIA in Cameroon is monumental and manifest some clarity of exposition with regards to the practical and fundamental steps for EIA practice in the country. However, a number of impediments still prevail that deter the full efficiency of this legislation. In search for explanations to this trend, this study was conducted to examine the current framework governing EIA in Cameroon implemented in February 2005. Content analysis and interviews with stakeholders in the EIA process were undertaken to identify key barriers associated with EIA practice in Cameroon. The paper maintains that inadequate baseline data, procedural flaws in scoping, exorbitant administrative fees, absence of an appeal procedure, unclear proviso, incompetent personnel and over centralisation of EIA powers are key barriers that appear to impede a healthy EIA practice in Cameroon. In conclusion, it is submitted that for a robust EIA practice to prevail in Cameroon, there is an urgent need for a great deal of focus on the recommendations prescribed within the context of the paper.

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Bitondo, Dieudonné. "Environmental assessment in Cameroon: state of the art." Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 18, no. 1 (2000): 33–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.3152/147154600781767592.

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Deka, Mark A. "Mapping the Geographic Distribution of Tungiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa." Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 5, no. 3 (2020): 122. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5030122.

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The geographic distribution of tungiasis is poorly understood, despite the frequent occurrence of the disease in marginalized populations of low socioeconomic status. To date, little work is available to define the geography of this neglected tropical disease (NTD). This exploratory study incorporated geostatistical modeling to map the suitability for tungiasis transmission in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In SSA, environmental suitability is predicted in 44 countries, including Angola, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Cote de Ivoire, Mali, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Gabon, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, and South Africa. In total, an estimated 668 million people live in suitable areas, 46% (304 million) of which reside in East Africa. These evidence-based maps provide vital evidence of the potential geographic extent in SSA. They will help to guide disease control programs, inform policymakers, and raise awareness at the global level. Likewise, these results will hopefully provide decisionmakers with the pertinent information necessary to lessen morbidity and mortality in communities located in environmentally suitable areas.

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Ndjio, Basile. "Sex and the transnational city: Chinese sex workers in the West African city of Douala." Urban Studies 54, no. 4 (2017): 999–1015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098015619140.

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The present paper deals with Chinese transnational sex labour migration in the city of Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon and the country’s major city. Based on ethnographic research conducted in the prostitution milieu of Douala between 2008 and 2012, and on information collected from both scholarly and popular literature, this contribution shows how the development in this African city of what can be called Chinese sexoscapes has induced the reconfiguration of the local geography of commercialised sex work, which for so long was dominated by native sex workers. The paper also demonstrates how many disgruntled Duala sex workers dealt with the so-called Chinese sex invasion of their city by relocating their business to popular entertainment areas commonly characterised in Cameroon as rue de la joie (street of enjoyment). The research argues that this local geography of sexualities has become a site for asserting ethnic, racial or national identity, and especially a space of both inclusion of people profiled as autochthon populations and the exclusion of those branded foreigners.

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ACHU, Frinwei N. "PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR OF ATTENDEES AT A MAJOR SPORT EVENT IN CAMEROON." GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites 27, no. 4 (2019): 1307–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.30892/gtg.27416-435.

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Brown, Katrina, and Sandrine Lapuyade. "A livelihood from the forest: gendered visions of social, economic and environmental change in Southern Cameroon." Journal of International Development 13, no. 8 (2001): 1131–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jid.802.

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Antunes, Nuno Sérgio Marques. "The Pending Maritime Delimitation in the Cameroon v Nigeria Case: A Piece in the Jigsaw Puzzle of the Gulf of Guinea." International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 15, no. 2 (2000): 163–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157180800x00073.

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AbstractOn 29 March 1994, Cameroon seized the International Court of Justice of a dispute against Nigeria. Inter alia, Cameroon requested the Court "to proceed to prolong the course of its maritime boundary with the Federal Republic of Nigeria up to the limit of the maritime zones which international law places under their respective jurisdictions". Considering that its rights and interests might be affected by the Court's decision on this matter, Equatorial Guinea filed an Application for Permission to Intervene in the Cameroon v Nigeria case. By an order of 21 October 1999 the Court granted Equatorial Guinea's request. This article seeks to examine the question of maritime delimitation as it is presented to the Court in the Cameroon v Nigeria case, taking into account the geographical setting that characterises the Gulf of Guinea, an area where the potential maritime entitlements of five states overlap considerably.

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Ngouana Kengne, Cyrille Valence, Serge Emeran Menang Evouna, and Dieudonné Bitondo. "Public hearings in environmental and social impact assessment for energy sector projects in Cameroon." Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 31, no. 1 (2013): 64–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14615517.2012.759454.

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Kemajou, Armel, Rémi Jaligot, Martí Bosch, and Jérôme Chenal. "Assessing motorcycle taxi activity in Cameroon using GPS devices." Journal of Transport Geography 79 (July 2019): 102472. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.102472.

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Lescuyer, G. "Globalisation of environmental monetary valuation and sustainable development: an experience in the tropical forest of Cameroon." International Journal of Sustainable Development 1, no. 1 (1998): 115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijsd.1998.004202.

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Ouédraogo, Mohamed, Daiyan Peng, Xi Chen, Shujahat Haider Hashmi, and Mamoudou Ibrahima Sall. "Dynamic Effect of Oil Resources on Environmental Quality: Testing the Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis for Selected African Countries." Sustainability 13, no. 7 (2021): 3649. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13073649.

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This paper examines the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) theory, augmenting the role of oil resources and energy consumption in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions using the annual data of 11 African oil-producing countries from 1980 to 2014. We apply advanced panel cointegration and panel autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) techniques coupled with Granger non-causality analysis to account for cross-sectional dependence and heterogeneity. The results of the augmented mean group (AMG) reveal that oil resources abundance degrades the environmental quality in Angola while abating CO2 emissions in Algeria, Gabon, Morocco, and Nigeria. Contrarily, energy consumption escalates pollution in the Congo Democratic Republic (COD), Côte d’Ivoire (CIV), Gabon, Morocco, and Tunisia. Our findings support the EKC hypothesis only in Cameroon, CIV, and Nigeria while exhibiting a U-shaped curve in Algeria and Morocco. Causality analysis unveils that oil resources Granger cause energy consumption, suggesting the balance between renewable and non-renewable energy sources. The current study has important policy implications for promoting green technology, economic diversification, service sector, and green investments.

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Sharpe, Barrie. "‘First the forest’: conservation, ‘community’ and ‘participation’ in south-west Cameroon." Africa 68, no. 1 (1998): 25–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161146.

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Western concern with ‘conserving’ or ‘managing’ the rain forests of Africa has led to the setting up of a number of conservation projects. In such projects the ‘participation’ of the ‘community’ in forest conservation has become the new orthodoxy. However, proposals about local people's participation presume that defining the future of the forest is a straight contest between the alternatives of conservation or forest clearing. Such proposals also presume that the existence of communities is non-problematic. In contrast, this article documents that there is already considerable local debate about forest use and conservation, much of it among those excluded from the formal arena of politics and policy-making. Concern with ‘the environment’ includes concern about the perpetuation of society, and represents a clear continuation of West African village cosmologies focused on the societalisation of space. At the same time, conservation aims of ‘keeping the forest as it is’ have few resonances, since forest people see society itself as an artful, but often problematic, construction in which the conversion of the forest plays a central part. In conclusion, the article suggests that the key to environmental management must be for external agencies to articulate with the interests and values of those who hold a legitimate stake in African forest resources.

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Musavengane, Regis, Henry Bikwibili Tantoh, and Danny Simatele. "A Comparative Analysis of Collaborative Environmental Management of Natural Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Study of Cameroon and South Africa." Journal of Asian and African Studies 54, no. 4 (2019): 512–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021909618825276.

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In Africa, rural communities thrive on social capital and tend to have a number of commonalities that force them to share natural, physical and social resources. It has been a trend in sub-Saharan Africa to have either formal or informal collaborative management agreements to manage common pool resources (CPRs) to accommodate different actors and interests. This paper draws lessons from past and contemporary collaborative schemes in Cameroon and South Africa to enhance the practice and governance processes of natural resources in sub-Saharan Africa in order to promote sustainable development. Using research methods inspired by the tradition of participatory research to collect field-based data and complemented by reflections on previous and existing studies, the paper highlights the importance and benefits of participatory democracy as opposed to representational democracy in co-management of natural resources in rural spaces. It further discusses the need to redefine the roles of national and local governments, the youths and women in ensuring effective participation and the essence of unifying the judicial and culture. To guarantee sustainability of collaborative community-based natural resources, the paper emphasises the role and importance of youth and women empowerment. These issues have been discussed within the broader sustainability discourse.

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Auzel, Philippe, Fousseni Feteke, TimothÉE Fomete, Samuel Nguiffo, and Robinson Djeukam. "Social and Environmental Costs of Illegal Logging in a Forest Management Unit in Eastern Cameroon." Journal of Sustainable Forestry 19, no. 1-3 (2004): 153–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j091v19n01_08.

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Oyono, Phil René. "One step forward, two steps back? Paradoxes of natural resources management decentralisation in Cameroon." Journal of Modern African Studies 42, no. 1 (2004): 91–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x03004488.

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Theory informs us that decentralisation, a process through which powers, responsibilities and resources are devolved by the central state to lower territorial entities and regionally/locally elected bodies, increases efficiency, participation, equity, and environmental sustainability. Many types and forms of decentralisation have been implemented in Africa since the colonial period, with varying degrees of success. This paper explores the process of forest management decentralisation conducted in Cameroon since the mid-1990s, highlighting its foundations and characterising its initial assets. Through the transfer of powers to peripheral actors for the management of forestry fees, Council Forests and Community [or Village] Forests, this policy innovation could be empowering and productive. However, careful observation and analysis of relationships between the central state and regional/local-level decentralised bodies, on the one hand, and of the circulation of powers, on the other, show – after a decade of implementation – that the experiment is increasingly governed by strong tendencies towards ‘re-centralisation’, dictated by the practices of bureaucrats and state representatives. The paper also confirms recent empirical studies of ‘the capture of decentralised actors’. It finally shows how bureaucrats and state authorities are haunted by the Frankenstein's monster syndrome, concerning state–local relationships in decentralised forest management.

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KUISSEU, T. S., A. E. D. LORDON, C. M. AGYINGI, Y. SHANDINI, Y. T. MBOHLIEU, and D. B. NDIFOR. "Geometrical Configuration of the Garoua Basin, North Cameroon as Deduced from Earth Gravitational Model (EGM-2008)." Anuário do Instituto de Geociências - UFRJ 41, no. 2 (2018): 167–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.11137/2018_2_167_176.

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Somorin, Olufunso A., Ingrid J. Visseren-Hamakers, Bas Arts, Anne-Marie Tiani, and Denis J. Sonwa. "Integration through interaction? Synergy between adaptation and mitigation (REDD+) in Cameroon." Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 34, no. 3 (2016): 415–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0263774x16645341.

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Spey, Ina-Kathrin, Denis Kupsch, Kadiri Serge Bobo, Matthias Waltert, and Stefan Schwarze. "The Effects of Road Access on Income Generation. Evidence from An Integrated Conservation and Development Project in Cameroon." Sustainability 11, no. 12 (2019): 3368. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11123368.

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Many integrated conservation and development projects use road construction to induce a shift in income activities, since road access can reduce both poverty and environmental degradation. There is, however, little empirical evidence on the effects of road access on income patterns. We contribute to existing literature by analyzing the effects of road access on income activity choice in Korup National Park, Cameroon using a difference-in-difference approach. Road access led to a rise in total household income by 38% due to higher household participation in self-employment and wage labor. We neither found an effect on income from crop farming nor on participation in hunting activities. The effects of road access can be diverse and unforeseeable. Road construction in protected areas should thus be carefully considered and planned and only be implemented when other options are not feasible.

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Enyegue A Nyam, F. M., A. Eyike Yomba, A. Ngouokouo Tchikangoua, C. P. Bounoung, and R. Nouayou. "Assessment and characterization of groundwater quality under domestic distribution using hydrochemical and multivariate statistical methods in Bafia, Cameroon." Groundwater for Sustainable Development 10 (April 2020): 100347. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2020.100347.

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Mairomi, Harry Wirngo, and Jude Ndzifon Kimengsi. "Community-Based Actors and Participation in Rangeland Management. Lessons from the Western Highlands of Cameroon." Sustainability 13, no. 4 (2021): 1700. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13041700.

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Participation is a key component in socioecological systems (especially rangeland) governance. Yet, in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), this attribute is yet to be fully understood and/or mainstreamed in natural resource management. This suggests the need for renewed learning on how actors are (dis)engaged in rangeland governance. With a litany of studies focusing on rangeland transformation, complementary evidence which unpacks actor’s participation in rangeland management are required in SSA. Through a survey of 333 households from 12 pastoral communities in Cameroon’s Western Highlands, this paper (i) maps the interactions of rangeland actors, (ii) analyzes actors’ participation in rangeland institutions and in the implementation of management approaches, and (iii) discusses their potential implications for rangeland governance. Using the socioecological coevolution approach as analytical lens, the study revealed the following: (1) state and non-state actors demonstrate overlapping interests, and form temporary alliances to pursue these interests, (2) pastoral households’ participation demonstrate a wavy tendency—with activity-specific participation in decision making and grazing activities (facilitated by catalyzing agents) as opposed to nominal and passive participation in arbitrary boundary setting. (3) The wavy participation spectrum translates to suboptimal resource use, differential and fragmented engagements, and adaptation to changing resource circumstances. The results enhance our understanding of actor dynamics in socioecological systems, and provides relevant information to support Cameroon’s environmental management policy with emphasis on her cattle rearing kingdoms.

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Mfonka, Z., J. R. Ndam Ngoupayou, P. D. Ndjigui, et al. "A GIS-based DRASTIC and GOD models for assessing alterites aquifer of three experimental watersheds in Foumban (Western-Cameroon)." Groundwater for Sustainable Development 7 (September 2018): 250–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2018.06.006.

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Kalédjé, P. S. Kouassy, J. R. Ndam Ngoupayou, F. Rakotondrabe, and J. Mvondo Ondoa. "Quantitative assessment of water resources by the method of the hydrological balance in the Kadey catchment area (East-Cameroon)." Groundwater for Sustainable Development 10 (April 2020): 100278. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2019.100278.

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Pettang, C., and T. Tamo Tatietse. "A new proposition for the curbing of spontaneous housing in urban area in Cameroon." Building and Environment 33, no. 4 (1998): 245–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0360-1323(97)00049-8.

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Okafor, Chidinma Bernadine. "Joint Development: An Alternative Legal Approach to Oil and Gas Exploitation in the Nigeria-Cameroon Maritime Boundary Dispute?" International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 21, no. 4 (2006): 489–522. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157180806779441075.

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AbstractThe delimitation of a maritime boundary is not necessarily a panacea for disputes over offshore resources. Neither petroleum reserves, which are fugacious in character, nor fish or marine mammals respect national boundaries. Even successful delimitation may still require a degree of close cooperation if opposite or adjacent states are to exploit such transboundary resources rationally. Such cooperation can be achieved by the concept of joint development. This paper reviews the literature on the joint development of offshore petroleum resources and the controversy surrounding the concept. The paper further examines its applicability as an alternative approach to the Nigeria-Cameroon maritime boundary dispute.

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Ajeagah, Gideon A., W. Victorien B. Abanda, and George E. Nkeng. "An application of a water assessment and simulation model in the remediation of the eutrophication capacity of a tropical water system: Case study the Lake Obili in Yaounde (Cameroon)." Journal of Water and Land Development 33, no. 1 (2017): 11–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jwld-2017-0014.

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Abstract Lake Obili is one of the most famous lakes in the city of Yaounde, Cameroon. Studies carried out in this lake showed that it was hyper eutrophic and therefore it represents a great danger because it is used for aquaculture, tourism and a suitable laboratory for hydro-biological engineering. It is thus very vital to restore this lake ecosystem that singles itself in the heart of the city of Yaounde. This can be greatly facilitated through the use of Water Quality Analysis Simulation Program (WASP) of the United State Environmental protection Agency (USEPA). The outcomes of the previous results obtained from EUTRO, a Subroutine of the WASP model specialised in determining eutrophication level have proven that the remediation of this lake can be achievable through the implementation of a wet dredging, the construction and restoration of a wastewater treatment plant, the implementation of environmental incentive policies and the arrangement of the access to the lake. The application of the model is a contribution to the scientific mastery of nutrient flow, lake functioning and possibilities of restauration of highly polluted tropical water bodies subjected to domestic and industrial pollution.

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Sonwa, Denis Jean, Mfochivé Oumarou Farikou, Gapia Martial, and Fiyo Losembe Félix. "Living under a Fluctuating Climate and a Drying Congo Basin." Sustainability 12, no. 7 (2020): 2936. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12072936.

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Humid conditions and equatorial forest in the Congo Basin have allowed for the maintenance of significant biodiversity and carbon stock. The ecological services and products of this forest are of high importance, particularly for smallholders living in forest landscapes and watersheds. Unfortunately, in addition to deforestation and forest degradation, climate change/variability are impacting this region, including both forests and populations. We developed three case studies based on field observations in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as information from the literature. Our key findings are: (1) the forest-related water cycle of the Congo Basin is not stable, and is gradually changing; (2) climate change is impacting the water cycle of the basin; and, (3) the slow modification of the water cycle is affecting livelihoods in the Congo Basin. Developmental and environmental actions in the Congo Basin need to properly consider the slight modification of this water cycle in watersheds that affect products and services from the forest.

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Chia, Eugene L., Augustin Corin B. Bi Bitchick, Didier Hubert, Mirrande M. Azai, and Maxime M. Nguemadji. "Assessing “Results-Based” Payment Determinants in Forest Carbon Emission Reduction Initiatives: Case of Forest Carbon Projects in Cameroon." Journal of Sustainable Development 14, no. 3 (2021): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v14n3p45.

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The international community has acknowledged the critical role of results-based avoided deforestation and forest degradation, sustainable management of forest, conservation and enhancement of carbon stocks (REDD+) activities in curbing climate change. However, ensuring that REDD+ programs and projects deliver carbon and non-carbon results, remains a challenge. This paper analyses results-based determinants in REDD+ projects in Cameroon. Experiences from these projects are expected to inform the design and implementation of sustainable and effective REDD+ projects. It draws on data collected from feasibility study reports, project design documents, project evaluation reports and the opinions and perspectives of 86 REDD+ stakeholders. Findings indicate that projects employed a combination of incentives, disincentives and enabling measures towards achieving the intended REDD+ results. However, none of the projects proposed conditional incentives (direct payments) to land owners and users, the key innovation brought by REDD+. Despite the fact that these projects are branded REDD+ projects, they offer little or no experiences on the relationship between REDD+ payments and carbon and non-carbon outcomes. Achieving results from REDD+ projects depend on how effective choices are made by stakeholders in relation to the type of instruments/interventions and the location of projects, and the ability to make choices further depends on the technical capacity of stakeholders. Thus, the capacity of stakeholders to be involve in REDD+ project design and implementation should be strengthened, in order for them to better appraise the results-based requirements of REDD+.

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Shandini, Yves N., Jean Marie Tadjou, Charles T. Tabod, and James Derek Fairhead. "Interpretação gravimétrica na Borda Norte do Cráton do Congo, Sul de Camarões." Anuário do Instituto de Geociências 33, no. 1 (2010): 73–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.11137/2010_1_73-82.

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Gravity data in the southern Cameroon are interpreted to better understand the organization of underlying structures throughout the northern edge of the Congo craton. The Bouguer anomaly maps of the region are characterized by an elongated SW-NE trending negative gravity anomaly which correspond to a collapsed structure associated with a granitic intrusion beneath the center of the region and limited by fault systems. We applied 3-D gravity modelling and inversion in order to obtain the 3-D density structure of the area. Our result demonstrated that observed gravity anomalies in the region are associated to tectonic structures in the subsurface. The resulting model agrees with the hypothesis of the existence of a major continental collision zone between the Congo Craton and the Pan-African belt. The presence of deep granulites structures in the northern part of the region expresses a continental collision.

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Benaim, Natalia Pereira, and Maria Célia Elias Senra. "O gênero Pholadomya Sowerby, 1823 (Mollusca: Bivalvia) na formação Jandaíra (Cretáceo Superior), Bacia Potiguar: implicações paleoecológicas e paleogeográficas." Anuário do Instituto de Geociências 31, no. 1 (2008): 88–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.11137/2008_1_88-97.

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Pholadomya Sowerby, 1823 is an anomalodesmatan bivalve that dispersed during Mesozoic, like other Mollusks, colonizating the South Atlantic shallow seas, between Brazil and Africa. On brazilian Cretaceous the sources of Pholadomya are scarce, occurring in outcrops from Algodões Formation, Gramame Formation and Jandaíra Formation, where occurs the species Pholadomya baixaleitensis. Based on specimens from new outcrops of Jandaíra Formation, a new occurrence of P. cf. adversa and P. baixaleitensis are shown and a new morfotype for the genus is described. It was possible to infer that the species studied presented deep endobentonic habits, and burrowed slowly the sediment, probably living their whole life into the same cavity. During Campanian Pholadomya is known from Cameroon, France, Poland, Austria, Germany and other localities in United States of America, occurring in association with other tethyan mollusks. The records of the genus in the marginal equatorial basins enhance the fossil bivalve diversity, and agree with the hypotesis of a south latitudinal range for the Tethyan Realm during Upper Cretaceous.

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Gopalen, Priya, and Barry Pinsky. "African Housing Organisations Respond to The Hiv and Aids Crisis." Open House International 33, no. 4 (2008): 8–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-04-2008-b0002.

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HIV and AIDS is an urgent housing and human settlements issue, especially among women and children living in poverty and suffering from poor housing conditions in urban slums in the South. The link between poverty and HIV prevalence is well established, and the fact that inadequate shelter increases the vulnerability of the urban poor to HIV and AIDS is increasingly recognised. Since 2003, Rooftops Canada and their partners in Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and more recently Uganda, have been working on strategies and developing programmes to respond to the AIDS crisis in these countries. Related programmes link shelter to poverty reduction through sustainable economic and social development, environmental protection, respect for human rights, democratisation and gender equality. This paper compiles the experiences of the partner housing organisations and resource groups in Sub-Saharan Africa responding to HIV and AIDS among their constituent stakeholders. The community-based responses focus on promoting social sustainability, enhancing operational capacity and improving financial sustainability. Community-based responses relate to issues of stigma and discrimination, reducing the impact of housing rights violations and responding to the specific vulnerability of children, women and youth. Social sustainability deals with the impact of HIV and AIDS on the social viability of communities. Operational capacity analyses housing groups' responses to the organ-isational impact of HIV and AIDS - including loss of staff, leadership and institutional memory, decreased productivity and capacity - and the experience of including HIV and AIDS within the core organisational mandate. Financial sustainability explores the challenges of reconciling related financial and social goals.

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Bang, Henry Ngenyam. "A gap analysis of the legislative, policy, institutional and crises management frameworks for disaster risk management in Cameroon." Progress in Disaster Science 11 (October 2021): 100190. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2021.100190.

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Nkwenkeu, Marceline, Chrispin Pettang, and Paul Louzolo-Kimbembé. "Cartography of the segregation as a tool of decision-making aid for the fight against poverty: case of the town of Yaounde (Cameroon)." Building and Environment 40, no. 10 (2005): 1375–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2004.10.015.

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Oguntona, O. A., C. O. Aigbavboa, and W. D. Thwala. "A SCIENTOMETRIC ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION OF GREEN BUILDING RESEARCH IN AFRICA." Journal of Green Building 16, no. 2 (2021): 83–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.3992/jgb.16.2.83.

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ABSTRACT Owing to the adverse impact of the architecture, engineering and construction industry on the human and natural environment, the adoption of green building (GB) has been on the rise globally. The significant rise in the number of global research output on GB is a pointer to its proliferation. In this paper, a novel scientometric analysis of GB research in Africa is presented. This study aims to analyze and visualize GB research output in Africa from the millennium development goals (MDGs) era up to the present sustainable development goals (SDGs) era. A quantitative method (science mapping) was employed to analyze the 156 bibliometric records gathered from the Scopus database. An analysis of the dataset reveals that significant contributions to GB research in Africa originate from Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, Algeria, Ghana, Morocco, Kenya, Mauritius, Ethiopia and Cameroon. This research provides stakeholders in the built environment with the requisite knowledge and understanding of the trend and state of GB research in Africa, which will help in guiding policymaking, research directions and intervention areas in every sector of the economy.

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Mbah, Mudoh, and Anna Franz. "Revitalization and Branding of Rural Communities in Cameroon Using a Circular Approach for Sustainable Development—A Proposal for the Batibo Municipality." Sustainability 13, no. 12 (2021): 6908. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13126908.

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Rural communities in Cameroon have high levels of poverty, poor living conditions and lagging sustainable development. Lack of economic, social and physical infrastructure opportunities make these communities unsustainable and impact the quality of life for residents. Existing conditions render these areas unattractive for visitors and external and local investors. Initiatives to reduce poverty and improve living standards have had limited impact to reducing poverty or improving quality of life. The recent signing of Cameroon’s decentralization law, giving authority for planning and investments to local council governments now provides an opportunity to rethink existing strategies. Using Batibo, a representative community in the north western region of Cameroon, this paper examines the status of development initiatives and identifies new priorities for planning and steps to improve economic status. Guided by the Theory of Ecological Design and Five Pillars of Economic Development, and using a circular city approach, this paper outlines a concept for town planning and architectural flagship projects that can project the image, culture and heritage of the community and strategies for improving markets. With decentralized governance and re-envisioned priorities, Batibo has an opportunity to become a prototype for sustainable development and model of a quality future in rural Cameroon.

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Yaron, Gil. "Forest, Plantation Crops or Small-scale Agriculture? An Economic Analysis of Alternative Land Use Options in the Mount Cameroon Area." Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 44, no. 1 (2001): 85–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640560123194.

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Muluh, Gregory Nguh, Jude Ndzifon Kimengsi, and Ngwa Kester Azibo. "Challenges and Prospects of Sustaining Donor-Funded Projects in Rural Cameroon." Sustainability 11, no. 24 (2019): 6990. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11246990.

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For more than five decades, developing countries (including Cameroon) have been primary beneficiaries of donor-funded projects targeting many sectors, including agriculture and rural development. Cameroon’s rural landscape witnessed a series of project interventions which emphasized sustainability. Although research efforts have been directed towards understanding the planning, implementation and impacts of donor-funded projects, not enough scientific information exists on the determinants, challenges and prospects of sustaining donor-funded projects in rural communities in Cameroon. For this study, the Investment Fund for Communal and Agricultural Micro-projects (FIMAC I) scheme, was used to diagnose the determinants, challenges and prospects for sustaining development projects in the North West Region (NWR) of Cameroon. A representative sample of 150 beneficiaries drawn from 20 farming groups in the NWR was conducted, to generate data which was complemented by interviews. The binary logistic regression results reveal the following: Although there is a significant change in the level of incomes for the FIMAC I project beneficiaries, its sustainability (mirrored through continuity) is dependent upon a myriad of socio-economic factors including family size, length of stay in the community, gender, education and the status of the beneficiary. Furthermore, the less transparent loan application process and the lack of collateral security were the main challenges faced by project beneficiaries. We argue that the introduction of soft loans with minimal demands for collateral security could increase beneficiary participation in projects, while beneficiary groups should further diversify their sources of capital and productive activities. The study does not only contribute to existing theoretical constructs on sustainable rural development, but also makes a succinct request for future studies to unbundle the conditions, under which donor-funded projects are rendered sustainable in rural contexts.

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Alcoba, Gabriel, Carlos Ochoa, Sara Babo Martins, et al. "Novel transdisciplinary methodology for cross-sectional analysis of snakebite epidemiology at national scale." PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 15, no. 2 (2021): e0009023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009023.

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Background Worldwide, it is estimated that snakes bite 4.5–5.4 million people annually, 2.7 million of which are envenomed, and 81,000–138,000 die. The World Health Organization reported these estimates and recognized the scarcity of large-scale, community-based, epidemiological data. In this context, we developed the “Snake-Byte” project that aims at (i) quantifying and mapping the impact of snakebite on human and animal health, and on livelihoods, (ii) developing predictive models for medical, ecological and economic indicators, and (iii) analyzing geographic accessibility to healthcare. This paper exclusively describes the methodology we developed to collect large-scale primary data on snakebite in humans and animals in two hyper-endemic countries, Cameroon and Nepal. Methodology/Principal findings We compared available methods on snakebite epidemiology and on multi-cluster survey development. Then, in line with those findings, we developed an original study methodology based on a multi-cluster random survey, enhanced by geospatial, One Health, and health economics components. Using a minimum hypothesized snakebite national incidence of 100/100,000/year and optimizing design effect, confidence level, and non-response margin, we calculated a sample of 61,000 people per country. This represented 11,700 households in Cameroon and 13,800 in Nepal. The random selection with probability proportional to size generated 250 clusters from all Cameroonian regions and all Nepalese Terai districts. Our household selection methodology combined spatial randomization and selection via high-resolution satellite images. After ethical approval in Switerland (CCER), Nepal (BPKIHS), and Cameroon (CNERSH), and informed written consent, our e-questionnaires included geolocated baseline demographic and socio-economic characteristics, snakebite clinical features and outcomes, healthcare expenditure, animal ownership, animal outcomes, snake identification, and service accessibility. Conclusions/Significance This novel transdisciplinary survey methodology was subsequently used to collect countrywide snakebite envenoming data in Nepal and Cameroon. District-level incidence data should help health authorities to channel antivenom and healthcare allocation. This methodology, or parts thereof, could be easily adapted to other countries and to other Neglected Tropical Diseases.

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Ajamah*, Ferdinand, Pierre Tsafack, Emmanuel Tanyi, Andre Cheukem, and Benjamin Ducharne. "An Assessment of Hydropower Potential for Electrical Energy Harvesting in Water Distribution Network in Buea-Cameroon." Regular issue 10, no. 7 (2021): 131–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.35940/ijitee.g9023.0510721.

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Significant amount of energy is consumed in water supply systems resulting in reduced sustainability of these systems. Measures to reduce their energy demand are strongly needed. In this study, an estimation of the intrinsic hydro energy potential of the water supply system of a Cameroon municipality was made in order to propose an energy-potential map useful to identify the most interesting sites where excess energy in the network can be harvested to improve the energy efficiency of the network. A geodatabase to store network data was developed using Geographic Information Systems. The shapefiles resource data were explored and the hydraulic simulator EPANET software was used to create a model. Calculations were performed to determine the energy recovery values at different locations in the network. The resulting digital map presented 18 candidate sites which show a total annual energy potential of 635 MWh, realizable at capacity factor and efficiency of 41 % and 65 % respectively. This potential can offset the energy footprint of the network by about 34 % while 127 tons of carbon-dioxide emission reductions are achieved. The results of this investigation highlight that development of renewable energy resource on water supply network infrastructure is an innovative technology that can contribute significantly to improve the energy efficiency, economic and environmental sustainability of the water supply system.

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Mkong, Cynthia J., Tahirou Abdoulaye, Paul Martin Dontsop-Nguezet, Zoumana Bamba, Victor Manyong, and Godlove Shu. "Determinant of University Students’ Choices and Preferences of Agricultural Sub-Sector Engagement in Cameroon." Sustainability 13, no. 12 (2021): 6564. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13126564.

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Although the agri-food sector has a huge potential to offer attractive employment opportunities for Africa’s burgeoning youth, a negative perception of agriculture persists among Cameroonian youths, such as in many other African countries. The paper assesses the determinants of university students’ choices and preferences for agricultural sub-sector engagement in Cameroon. A multistage random sampling technique was used to select 550 students from two state universities. We used the SWOT analysis to evaluate students’ perceptions of challenges and opportunities within the agricultural sector in Cameroon, the binomial probit analysis to assess the determinants of students’ choices of agriculture as a university major, and an ordered probit analysis to evaluate the determinants of students’ preferences of agricultural sub-sector engagement. Findings reveal that choice of agriculture as a university major is significantly determined by sex, pre-university farming experience, pre-university academic background, mother’s level of education, and household income. Likewise, preference of agricultural sub-sector engagement is significantly determined by the student’s level of study and location of a childhood home. Improving the attractiveness of, and working conditions in, the agricultural sector could increase youth engagement in agribusiness and rural economic activities. The results also reinforce the need to increase household income in Cameroon, as this could lift families out of poverty and offer them more economic opportunities. Policies that regulate levels of education can equally be used to allocate human resources into different agricultural sub-sectors, subject to felt needs.

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Blackburn, Jason K., Moses Ode Odugbo, Matthew Van Ert, et al. "Bacillus anthracis Diversity and Geographic Potential across Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad: Further Support of a Novel West African Lineage." PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 9, no. 8 (2015): e0003931. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003931.

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Bratschi, Martin W., Miriam Bolz, Jacques C. Minyem, et al. "Geographic Distribution, Age Pattern and Sites of Lesions in a Cohort of Buruli Ulcer Patients from the Mapé Basin of Cameroon." PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 7, no. 6 (2013): e2252. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002252.

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René Oyono, Phil. "Profiling Local-Level Outcomes of Environmental Decentralizations: The Case of Cameroon’s Forests in the Congo Basin." Journal of Environment & Development 14, no. 3 (2005): 317–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1070496505276552.

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Kimengsi, Jude, Mukong Kechia, Balgah Azibo, Jürgen Pretzsch, and Jude Kwei. "Households’ Assets Dynamics and Ecotourism Choices in the Western Highlands of Cameroon." Sustainability 11, no. 7 (2019): 1844. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11071844.

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Ecotourism is increasingly accepted as a suitable alternative for sustaining rural livelihoods. In spite of this trend, quantitative assessments of relationships between household assets and ecotourism choices, and the policy implications thereof, currently account for only a negligible number of studies in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper contributes to this evidence gap by analyzing the extent to which households’ assets drive ecotourism choices on a representative sample of 200 households in Cameroon. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and the Human Development Index (HDI) were used to construct indices for ecotourism choices. The ordinary least square and logit models were also employed to estimate the effect of various household assets on ecotourism choices. A high preference was observed for the production and sale of arts and crafts items and the promotion of cultural heritage sites as key ecotourism choices. More women are found to participate in conservation education, as opposed to culture-related activities such as arts and crafts. Access to education and training were inversely related to cultural festival promotion. The results suggest the need to: (i) stem the overdependence on conservation sites for wood supply to the arts and crafts sector, (ii) enforce endogenous cultural institutional regulations, including those that increase female participation in guiding future ecotourism choices. This paper contributes to ecotourism development and conservation theory, with regards to unbundling household level predictors of ecotourism choices, and has implications on the design of policies to implement environmentally less-demanding ecotourism activities.

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Burnham, Philip. "Ted Schrader, Les Yaérés au Nord du Cameroun: pâturages de saison sèche?, Série Environnement et Développement au Nord du Cameroun. Leiden: University of Leiden Centre of Environmental Studies, 1986, v + 101 pp." Africa 58, no. 1 (1988): 125. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1159885.

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Nchu, Innocent Ngiehnu, Jude Ndzifon Kimengsi, and Gerald Kapp. "Diagnosing Climate Adaptation Constraints in Rural Subsistence Farming Systems in Cameroon: Gender and Institutional Perspectives." Sustainability 11, no. 14 (2019): 3767. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11143767.

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Climate adaptation efforts are recurrent in the science and policy spheres, especially in the context of the adaptation of community-driven, small-scale farming systems. One such is subsistence farming, which constitutes the backbone of most rural sub-Saharan African (SSA) economies, including Cameroon. Significant research and policy efforts have been directed towards overcoming barriers to climate adaptation. Such efforts have tackled a range of socio-economic and exogenous institutional constraints. However, knowledge gaps exist in the climate adaptation literature, particularly with regards to the extent to which endogenous cultural institutions (customary rules) in SSA shape gender (in)equality in access to productive resources like land. Based on a representative survey of 87 female-headed households in rural Cameroon, we contribute to bridge this gap by determining endogenous cultural institutional constraints to rural women’s climate adaptation, specifically with regards to their access to land for subsistence farming. Results were obtained with logistic regression analysis and a chi-square test of independence, showing that: (i) an inverse relationship exists between discriminatory cultural practices and women farmers’ capacity to adapt to climate change, and that (ii) tenure insecurity and inequality amplifies farmer’s vulnerability to long- and short-term climatic change. While this paper contributes to existing theoretical frameworks on climate adaptation from an institutional perspective, it equally makes a succinct request for further studies to be undertaken to ground this theoretical assertion.

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Sneyd, Adam. "Cameroon: Perspectives on Food Security and the Emerging Power Footprint." Sustainability 6, no. 4 (2014): 1868–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su6041868.

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Engo, Jean. "Decoupling analysis of CO2 emissions from transport sector in Cameroon." Sustainable Cities and Society 51 (November 2019): 101732. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2019.101732.

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Vondou, Derbetini A., Guy Merlin Guenang, Tchotchou Lucie Angennes Djiotang, and Pierre Honore Kamsu-Tamo. "Trends and Interannual Variability of Extreme Rainfall Indices over Cameroon." Sustainability 13, no. 12 (2021): 6803. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13126803.

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Central African citizens are highly vulnerable to extreme hydroclimatic events due to excess precipitation or to dry spells. This study makes use of CHIRPS precipitation data gridded at 0.05° × 0.05° resolution and extended from 1981 to 2019 to analyze spatial variabilities and trends of six extreme precipitation indices defined by the Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices (ETCCDI) over Cameroon. They are the number of wet days (RR1), the simple daily intensity index (SDII), the annual total precipitation from days greater than the 95th percentile (R95ptot), the maximum number of consecutive wet days (CWD), the maximum number of consecutive dry days (CDD), the number of very heavy rainfall (RR20). The standard precipitation index (SPI) time series were also examined in the five agro-climatic regions of the domain. The pattern of annual precipitation was first checked over the entire domain. We obtain a well-known pattern showing a decreased precipitation northward with the highest values around the Atlantic Ocean coast. The analysis shows that all indices represent patterns approximately similar to that of annual rainfall except CDD where the spatial south-north gradient is reversed. RR20 shows the lowest spatial variability. Trend study of RR1 indicates negative values south of the domain and predominated positive values in the northern part, where CDD, on the contrary, shows a decreased trend. The highest trends are observed in the northernmost area for CWD and around the coast for SDII and R95ptot. SPI time series indicate an alternative dry and wet period and the years between 1990 and 2000 witnessed more annual wet conditions. Such a study is very important in this domain where variabilities of climatic components are very high due to climate change impact and diversified relief. The results can serve as a reference for agricultural activity, hydropower management, civil engineering, planning of economic activities and can contribute to the understanding of the climate system in Cameroon.

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Peh, Kelvin S. H., and Ofir Drori. "Fighting Corruption to Save the Environment: Cameroon’s Experience." AMBIO 39, no. 4 (2010): 336–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-010-0053-0.

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Empidi, Arlixcya, and Diana Emang. "Understanding Public Intentions to Participate in Protection Initiatives for Forested Watershed Areas Using the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Case Study of Cameron Highlands in Pahang, Malaysia." Sustainability 13, no. 8 (2021): 4399. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13084399.

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The heavy emphasis on land-use changes to meet the needs for gross domestic product growth often causes deforestation, affecting forests’ capability to function as watershed areas properly. While land-use changes generate socioeconomics success, they also lead to environmental deterioration that puts public welfare at greater risk. This study employs the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to evaluate the public’s behavioral intentions towards participation in the protection initiatives for the forested watershed areas in the mountainous region of Cameron Highlands in Pahang, Malaysia. Survey data were used to analyze the effects of TPB constructs on the public’s behavioral intentions. The results show that the public demonstrated readiness to comply with governmental rules concerning environment protection and were motivated to participate in the protection initiatives when there is social encouragement. This study finds that attitude significantly influences the public’s behavioral intention. This, therefore, indicates the importance of creating conditions to encourage the public’s behavioral beliefs towards protection initiatives that would ensure the sustainability of forested watershed areas. Overall, this study offers information on public participation that is useful to be integrated into a meaningful institutional framework when addressing challenging environmental issues caused by land-use changes that could imperil public welfare.

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