Citation
(2013), "Interactive Forest Atlas of Cameroon", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 24 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2013.08324baa.013
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2013, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Interactive Forest Atlas of Cameroon
Article Type: News from the net From: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Volume 24, Issue 2.
Cameroon's forests cover approximately 60 percent of the country and play a vital role for the people and economy. However, until recently, Cameroon lacked a comprehensive information system to monitor and manage its forests. Since 2002, Cameroon's Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF) has worked with World Resources Institute (WRI) to improve transparency and governance in the forest sector by publishing and regularly updating the Interactive Forest Atlas of Cameroon. MINFOF and WRI recently released version 3.0 of the online Atlas, as well as an accompanying report, poster, desktop mapping application, and underlying spatial data sets.
The atlas allows forest information to be placed securely into public hands to support transparent and participatory decision making toward sustainable forest management. It can be seen at: www.wri.org/project/interactive-forest-atlas-cameroon