Yaounde — Central African governments must include local people when planning how to use land if they want to resolve problems caused by resource-hungry agribusiness and mining companies that have put the Congo Basin rainforest under pressure in recent years, experts say.
"Cameroon and other Central African countries need national forest laws and forest zoning plans that are developed after proper consultation and with the involvement of local forest communities," said Samuel Nguiffo who heads the Cameroon-based Centre for Environment and Development (CED).
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