For months, authorities in Cameroon were faced with pressure from conservationists to rescind a government contract that allowed the controversial harvesting of timber from a heritage forest.
On August 11, the Prime Minister's office issued a cancellation decree. Mr Fouda Seraphin Magloire, the Secretary-General in the PM's office, said there were illegalities in allowing harvesting in the forest.
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