Un modèle économique et social pour la conservation de la biodiversité?: des filières oléagineuses durables issues de produits forestiers non ligneux (PFNL) pour préserver la Réserve de Faune du Dja (RFD) au Cameroun

摘要

This paper presents a socioeconomic model, implemented in surrounded areas of a high biodiversity hotspot: the Dja Faunal Reserve (DFR), in Cameroon. Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) of DFR have always been used by local people for food or traditional medicine. This associative/private project has aimed at structuring the NTFP value chains, in order to ensure the beneficiary communities, particularly women, to earn the revenues necessary to their development. With this alternative to poaching, local communities find it economically worthwhile to protect and sustainably manage the forest.