Mukete et al.: Household characteristics and forest resource dependence in the Rumpi hills of Cameroon - 2755 - HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS AND FOREST RESOURCES DEPENDENCE IN THE RUMPI HILLS OF CAMEROON MUKETE, B.1 – SUN, Y.1* – ETONGO, D.2 – EKOUNGOULOU, R.3 – FOLEGA, F.4 – SAJJAD, S.1 – NGOE, M.5 – NDIAYE, G.6 1State Forestry Administration, Key Laboratory for Forest Resources and Environmental Management, Beijing Forestry University 35 Qinghua East Road, Haidian District, 100083 Beijing, China 2National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA), Maynooth University Maynooth, W23 F2H6 Ireland 3Laboratory of Ecological Planning and Management, Beijing Forestry University 35 Qinghua East Road, Haidian District, 100083 Beijing, China 4Laboratoire de Botanique et Ecologie Végétale, Faculté Des Sciences, Université de Lomé BP1515 Lomé, Togo 5Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, 210095 Nanjing, China 6Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, College of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University 35 Qinghua East Road, Haidian District, 100083 Beijing, China *Corresponding author e-mail:
[email protected]; phone/fax +86-10-6233-6815 (Received 4th Feb 2018; accepted 2nd May 2018) Abstract. Rural households have over decades depended on forests and forest products for sustenance and livelihood values. This dependence is usually driven by the individual household’s dynamics, forests availability and accessibility. However, with overexploitation and agricultural expansion, these forests are rapidly declining putting in peril household livelihoods. This study aims at examining and analyzing household dynamics and how these dynamics combine with other factors to influence household dependence on forest resources in the Rumpi hills of Cameroon.