Biodiversity Planning Support Programme Integrating Biodiversity into the Forestry Sector : Cameroon Case Study

Abstract

Tropical forest ecosystems have multiple functions and therefore are great significance for the well-being of people. It is widely acknowledged that forests and trees simultaneously provide a wide range of socio-economic and environmental benefits and values to humankind. They deserve conservation and wise use for the benefit of rural people who are dependent on these forests and for the benefit of humanity in general. Unfortunately, the use of tropical forests has been undertaken with little care about their potential to fulfil many functions and also about their future.