Outline Management Plan for Prunus Africana Bark, Cameroon
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GCP/RAF/408/EC « MOBILISATION ET RENFORCEMENT DES CAPACITES DES PETITES ET MOYENNES ENTREPRISES IMPLIQUEES DANS LES FILIERES DES PRODUITS FORESTIERS NON LIGNEUX EN AFRIQUE CENTRALE » Guidance for a National Prunus africana Management Plan Cameroon ANNEXES CIFOR Verina Ingram, Abdon Awono, Jolien Schure, Nouhou Ndam June 2009 Avec l’appui financier de la Commission Européenne Table of Contents 1 Sommaire Exécutif ........................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 2 Executive Summary ......................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 3 Abbreviations ...............................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 4 Objective .....................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 4.1 Approach and methodology .....................................Error! 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Bookmark not defined. 6.4 Littoral-Bakossi Mountains .......................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 6.5 Lessons from past inventories ..................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 7 Prunus africana harvest units .........................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 7.1 Current permit allocation system and zones ...............Error! Bookmark not defined. 7.1.1 Strengths and weaknesses of current permit systemError! Bookmark not defined. 7.2 Recommendations for Prunus Allocation Units ............Error! Bookmark not defined. 7.3 PAU Allocation procedure ........................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 8 Inventory Norm ............................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 8.1 Current practice .....................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 8.2 Recommendations for the Inventory Norm ................Error! Bookmark not defined. 8.3 Principles ..............................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 8.4 Research and capacity building needs .......................Error! Bookmark not defined. 9 Bark yield calculations ...................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 9.1 Bark yield studies ...................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 9.2 Sustainable yield equation .......................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 10 National quota ..........................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 10.1 Available stocks of Prunus africana ........................Error! Bookmark not defined. 11 Harvest Norm ...........................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 11.1 Current harvest practices .....................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 11.2 Recommended harvest norms ...............................Error! Bookmark not defined. 11.2.1 Method 1: 2/4 Quarters ....................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 11.2.2 Method 2: Felling .............................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 11.3 Principles ...........................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 11.4 Research needs ...................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 12 Roles of Management and Scientific Authorities .............Error! Bookmark not defined. 12.1 Management authority: MINFOF ............................Error! Bookmark not defined. 12.1.1 MinFoF responsibilities for Prunus africana ...........Error! Bookmark not defined. 12.2 Scientific Authority: ANAFOR ................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 12.2.1 ANAFOR responsibilities for Prunus africana .........Error! Bookmark not defined. National Prunus africana Management Plan, Cameroon Table of Contents 12.3 Other actors in the Prunus chain ...........................Error! Bookmark not defined. 12.4 Institutional recommendations ..............................Error! Bookmark not defined. 13 Transboundary management ......................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 14 Control, traceability and monitoring system ..................Error! Bookmark not defined. 14.1 Appraisal of current monitoring and traceability systemError! Bookmark not defined. 14.2 Monitoring procedures .........................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 14.3 Traceability ........................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 14.4 Community or Council Forest participatory monitoringError! Bookmark not defined. 14.5 Long term monitoring ..........................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 14.5.1 Annually .........................................................Error! 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Annexes Annex 1: Prunus africana Action Plan ............................................................................. 123 Annex 2: Relevant legislation ........................................................................................ 125 Annex 3: Authors ........................................................................................................ 126 Annex 4: Road map for implementing the Prunus Management Plan ................................. 127 Annex 5: Maps of PAU Landscapes ................................................................................. 128 Annex 5: Maps of PAU Landscapes ................................................................................. 128 Annex 6: Bark regeneration and crown health definitions ................................................. 129 Annex 7: Minutes of Drafting meeting 26 February 2009 .................................................. 132 Annex 8: Minutes of Prunus management plan meeting 20 February 2009 .......................... 145 Annex 9: Minutes of Prunus management plan Importers-Exporters meeting 15 April 2009 .. 147 Annex 10: Overview of research gaps ............................................................................ 151 Annex 11: Plantations .................................................................................................. 153 Photos Photo 1 Measuring DBH, Mt Cameroon .................................. 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