Global Financial Crisis Impacts Forest Conservation in Cameroon
Global Financial Crisis Impacts Forest Conservation in Cameroon
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全球金融危机影响喀麦隆的森林保护
DOI：
10.1505/146554812799973172
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发表时间：
2012
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通讯作者：
L. Usongo
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作者：
J. Sayer;D. Endamana;M. Ruiz;A. Boedhihartono;Z. Nzooh;A. Eyebe;A. Awono;L. Usongo
喀麦隆东南部的森林位于Sangha三国景观内，这是刚果盆地森林伙伴关系生物多样性保护的优先领域。一项监测计划显示，2006年至2008年，保护和当地生计指标变化极小。2008年底全球金融危机之后，全球木材需求下降，导致伐木活动暂停，伐木公司裁员;生物多样性和生计指标均恶化。失业的工人失去了收入，生活水平下降，重新从事偷猎和刀耕火种的农业。俾格米人再也不能在班图农业用地上就业，不能向伐木公司雇员出售森林产品，也不能向路过的伐木卡车出售肉类。这些全球经济力量对生计和环境的影响大于保护组织的地方干预。2010年和2011年，经济回升，生计指标有所改善，但环境价值指标恢复得没有那么快。
SUMMARY The forests of SE Cameroon lie within the Sangha tri-national landscape (TNS), a priority area for biodiversity conservation under the Congo Basin Forest Partnership. A monitoring program showed minimal changes in conservation and local livelihoods indicators from 2006 to 2008. Following the global financial crisis in late 2008 global demand for timber decreased and this led to suspension of logging activities and lay-offs of staff by logging companies; both biodiversity and livelihood indicators deteriorated. The unemployed workers lost their incomes, experienced declining living standards and reverted to poaching and slash and burn agriculture. Pygmies were no longer able to obtain employment in Bantu agricultural plots, sell forest products to logging company employees or sell bushmeat to passing logging trucks. These global economic forces had greater impact on livelihoods and the environment than local interventions by conservation organizations. Livelihood indicators improved in 2010 and 2011 when the economy picked-up but those for environmental values did not recover as rapidly.