The Yaoundé conference on forest tenure” governance and enterprise has enjoyed considerable attention from many international media outlets.
Statistics from the central document released for the conference” RRI and ITTO’s Tropical Forest Tenure Assessment” serve as the centerpiece in much of the coverage.
For a more detailed look at the media coverage of the conference and the Assessment” please read the following articles:
28 May
Mongabay: Indigenous people” forest communities in Africa control less than 2% of forest land
La Nouvelle Expression (Cameroon): Gestion des forêts : La nécessité d’une réforme foncière
Cameroun Online: Gestion des forêts: La nécessité d’une réforme foncière
27 May
Nature (UK): The Great Beyond Blog: African forests at risk from slow land reform progress
BBC Brasil: Desmatamento na áfrica é quatro vezes a média mundial” dizem ONGs
26 May
Ekolist (Czech Republic): BBC: Kácení lesů v Africe postupuje nejrychleji na světě
BBC News (UK): Deforestation ‘faster in Africa’
UN IRIN News: Who owns the forests?
COP15 Copenhagen News: Deforestation in Africa is four times the world’s average
Treehugger.com: Just 2% of Africa’s Forests in Community Control: No Wonder Deforestation Rates are So High
City/Corrière della Sera (Italy): “I governi svendono le foreste”
Nettavisen (Norway): Afrika avskoges
Pressetext (Austria): Afrikas Wälder verschwinden am schnellsten
Africa Science News Service: Slow Forest Tenure Reform Threatens Action Africa’s’ Against Climate Change
Angola Press: Deforestation faster in Africa
Cameroon Radio and Television Online: Ecosystem: Forestry Management strategy under review
Cameroon Radio and Television Online: La gestion durable et équitable des ressources forestières en Afrique