Forest Products, Livelihoods and Conservation

286 The rattan sector of Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea Legislation and government interventions There is currently no direct gover ...

Terry C.H. Sunderland, Michael B. Balinga and Mercy A. Dione 287 slow, suggesting to exploiters that harvest cycles are too long ...

288 The rattan sector of Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea Development interventions With very little government involvement in the ra ...

Terry C.H. Sunderland, Michael B. Balinga and Mercy A. Dione 289 one of these key NTFP resources. The key findings of this study ...

290 The rattan sector of Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea This is evident from the data on the change in product prices collected by ...

Chapter 17 Rattan exploitation in the Yaoundé Region of Cameroon Louis Defo^1 Common names Part of the Management Degree of Scal ...

292 Rattan exploitation in the Yaoundé Region of Cameroon e. The profit margins of the main participants in the sector are far f ...

Louis Defo 293 Classes ofdiametreLarge Small Small Large Small SmallSmall Small Traditional usesManufacture of baskets, hoods,ra ...

294 Rattan exploitation in the Yaoundé Region of Cameroon Figure 1. Map of the study area Source: ESRI Data and Maps 2002. 17Rat ...

Louis Defo 295 (Laccosperma secundiflorum) To identify components, outline major characteristics, functioning mechanisms, socia ...

296 Rattan exploitation in the Yaoundé Region of Cameroon METHODOLOGY In a bid to achieve the above objectives, I adopted a spec ...

Louis Defo 297 Figure 2. Rattan production-to-consumption channel in Yaoundé region 17Rattan.P65 297 22/12/2004, 11:05 ...

298 Rattan exploitation in the Yaoundé Region of Cameroon Rattan harvesting takes place exclusively in natural rattan stands in ...

Louis Defo 299 Harvesters belong to the Ewondo and related groups (subset of the great Bantu family), which is said to have arri ...

300 Rattan exploitation in the Yaoundé Region of Cameroon Figure 3. Structure of global cash income of rural households of seven ...

Louis Defo 301 Figure 5. Distribution of annual monetary revenue of rural households in seven villages in the Yaoundé region Rat ...

302 Rattan exploitation in the Yaoundé Region of Cameroon The PUs in Yaoundé are to 99.14% run or operated by men. These artisan ...

Louis Defo 303 Photo 1. Making rattan furniture (Photo by L. Defo) The marketing of unprocessed rattan and finished products The ...

304 Rattan exploitation in the Yaoundé Region of Cameroon Photo 2. Harvester transporting rattan cane (Photo by L. Defo) from 40 ...

Louis Defo 305 Prices of rattan also fluctuate considerably by virtue of the law of demand and supply. The average prices in 199 ...