[ Contribution à l’évaluation de la mise en œuvre de l’APV-FLEGT au Cameroun ]
Volume 32, Issue 3, April 2021, Pages 330–345
Mongo Ferdinand1, Mbongo Martin2, Kanga Medjo Patrick3, Tumenta Pricelia Forbuzie4, and Mbezele Junior Yannick NGABA5
1 Ministère des Forêts et de la Faune (MINFOF), BP 34430, Yaoundé, Cameroon
2 Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences (FASA), P. O. Box 222 Dschang, University of Dschang, Cameroon
3 Ministère des Forêts et de la Faune (MINFOF), BP 34430, Yaoundé, Cameroon
4 Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences (FASA), P. O. Box 222 Dschang, University of Dschang, Cameroon
5 Departement de foresterie (FAFU), Université de foresterie et d’agriculture de Fujian, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
Original language: French
Copyright © 2021 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The FLEGT VPA is a trade process initiated in 2010 between Cameroon and the European Union which aims to eradicate the trade in illegal timber through well-defined legality grids. Despite the efforts made by each stakeholder, this process is still not operational. This study, which took place from July 2017 to January 2018, aimed to contribute to the sustainable management of Cameroon's forests through the evaluation of the implementation of the FLEGT-VPA. To achieve this, we carried out an assessment of Annexes 7 and 9. The analysis shows that the specifications necessary to ensure the implementation of the FLEGT-VPA have been implemented at 57.77% on the basis of its Annex 9. Specifically, all 75 types of information are made public (85.54%) and well shared (82.776%). In addition, several problems were raised, notably the low rate of carrying out audits (4.76%); the low rate of implementation of the traceability system (13.06%) due to the low use of the computer system; the low promotion of FLEGT products (16.67%); the low/insufficient capacity building (40%); the low rate of issuing and promoting FLEGT permits, which are only issued to wood processing units (41.67%). In spite of all the difficulties encountered, the actors are particularly interested in its administrative agreements (80%); civil society organizations (100%); and private sector actors (88.9%) and wish for the effective implementation of the agreement. This may be possible if the legality grids and regulatory texts are revised with the support of the FAO-FLEGT projects and all stakeholders, and if SIGIF II is delivered and operational because it conditions the implementation of the key actions of the process.
Author Keywords: FLEGT-VPA, Annex 7 and 9, legality verification system, Cameroon, EU.
Volume 32, Issue 3, April 2021, Pages 330–345
Mongo Ferdinand1, Mbongo Martin2, Kanga Medjo Patrick3, Tumenta Pricelia Forbuzie4, and Mbezele Junior Yannick NGABA5
1 Ministère des Forêts et de la Faune (MINFOF), BP 34430, Yaoundé, Cameroon
2 Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences (FASA), P. O. Box 222 Dschang, University of Dschang, Cameroon
3 Ministère des Forêts et de la Faune (MINFOF), BP 34430, Yaoundé, Cameroon
4 Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences (FASA), P. O. Box 222 Dschang, University of Dschang, Cameroon
5 Departement de foresterie (FAFU), Université de foresterie et d’agriculture de Fujian, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
Original language: French
Copyright © 2021 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The FLEGT VPA is a trade process initiated in 2010 between Cameroon and the European Union which aims to eradicate the trade in illegal timber through well-defined legality grids. Despite the efforts made by each stakeholder, this process is still not operational. This study, which took place from July 2017 to January 2018, aimed to contribute to the sustainable management of Cameroon's forests through the evaluation of the implementation of the FLEGT-VPA. To achieve this, we carried out an assessment of Annexes 7 and 9. The analysis shows that the specifications necessary to ensure the implementation of the FLEGT-VPA have been implemented at 57.77% on the basis of its Annex 9. Specifically, all 75 types of information are made public (85.54%) and well shared (82.776%). In addition, several problems were raised, notably the low rate of carrying out audits (4.76%); the low rate of implementation of the traceability system (13.06%) due to the low use of the computer system; the low promotion of FLEGT products (16.67%); the low/insufficient capacity building (40%); the low rate of issuing and promoting FLEGT permits, which are only issued to wood processing units (41.67%). In spite of all the difficulties encountered, the actors are particularly interested in its administrative agreements (80%); civil society organizations (100%); and private sector actors (88.9%) and wish for the effective implementation of the agreement. This may be possible if the legality grids and regulatory texts are revised with the support of the FAO-FLEGT projects and all stakeholders, and if SIGIF II is delivered and operational because it conditions the implementation of the key actions of the process.
Author Keywords: FLEGT-VPA, Annex 7 and 9, legality verification system, Cameroon, EU.
Abstract: (french)
L’APV FLEGT est un processus commercial engagé depuis 2010 entre le Cameroun et l’Union Européenne qui vise à éradiquer le commerce du bois illégal à travers des grilles de légalité bien définies. Malgré les efforts consentis par chaque partie prenante, ce processus n’est toujours pas opérationnel. La présente étude qui s’est déroulée de juillet 2017 à janvier 2018 visait à contribuer à la gestion durable des forêts du Cameroun à travers l’évaluation de la mise en œuvre de l’APV-FLEGT. Pour y parvenir, nous avons effectué une évaluation des annexes 7 et 9. Il ressort de l’analyse que le cahier de charge nécessaire pour garantir l’implémentation de l’APV-FLEGT a été mise en œuvre à 57,77% sur la base de son annexe 9. De manière spécifique, les 75 types d’informations sont rendues publiques (85,54%) et bien partagées (82,776%). Par ailleurs, plusieurs problèmes ont été soulevés notamment le faible taux de réalisation des audits (4,76%); d’implémentation du système de traçabilité (13,06%) causé par la faible utilisation du système informatique; la faible promotion des produits FLEGT (16,67%); la faible/insuffisance du renforcement des capacités (40%); le faible de délivrance et promotion des autorisations FLEGT et qui se font uniquement aux unités de transformation de bois (41,67%.). Malgré toutes les difficultés rencontrés les acteurs portent un intérêt particulier à ses accords administration (80%); les organisations de la société civile (100%); acteurs du secteur privés (88,9%) et souhaitent la mise en œuvre effective de l’accord. Ce qui peut être possible si les des grilles de légalité et les textes réglementaires sont révisées avec l’appui des projets FAO-FLEGT et toutes les parties prenantes, et que le SIGIF II soit livré et opérationnel car il conditionne la mise sur pied des actions clés du processus.
Author Keywords: APV-FLEGT, annexe 7 et 9, système de vérification de la légalité, Cameroun, UE.
How to Cite this Article
Mongo Ferdinand, Mbongo Martin, Kanga Medjo Patrick, Tumenta Pricelia Forbuzie, and Mbezele Junior Yannick NGABA, “Contribution to the evaluation of the implementation of the VPA-FLEGT in Cameroon,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 330–345, April 2021.
