Abstract

Sustainable management planning of protected areas depends on data from their biophysical and human environment. Based on such a premise, and using established international and national standards, this chapter proposes to outline a range of measures that can be considered in this process, drawing on the results of ecological studies carried out in the Mozogo-Gokoro National Park, located in the Sudano-Sahelian dry zone in the Far North of Cameroon. Initially, determining attributes for conservation were identified, notably those relating to the richness of the flora and the structure of the vegetation, which are close to a reference ecosystem. Subsequently, recommendations for sustainable management were formulated and analyzed in turn, taking into account especially the destructive anthropization identified as a major threat to the stability of the park. These management orientations could also be applied to safeguard other ecosystems in the Sudano-Sahelian zone.

Highlights

  • The extension of research results to the range of actors involved with natural resources is an essential operation for the sustainable management of plant formations

  • The sustainability-oriented forest management process involves six key concepts [7]: better management practices/reduction of the impact of logging, biodiversity conservation, forest protection, multi-scale planning, participatory forestry and maintaining forest production. This conception is in line with the paradigm of “systemic forestry” of Nocentini et al [8], who further specify that the sustainable management of vegetation must integrate multisectoriality, an implementation oriented towards a dynamic resilience-seeking process, the multifunctionality of ecosystems including ecological, social and economic components, and the plurality of actors

  • It was necessary to draw on international guidance documents, national texts, and scientific literature on the sustainable management of natural ecosystems, in order to draw from this initial assessment, highlights and proposals for measures applicable in such a process to the MGNP

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Summary

Introduction

The extension of research results to the range of actors involved with natural resources is an essential operation for the sustainable management of plant formations. The sustainability-oriented forest management process involves six key concepts [7]: better management practices/reduction of the impact of logging, biodiversity conservation, forest protection, multi-scale planning, participatory forestry and maintaining forest production This conception is in line with the paradigm of “systemic forestry” of Nocentini et al [8], who further specify that the sustainable management of vegetation must integrate multisectoriality, an implementation oriented towards a dynamic resilience-seeking process, the multifunctionality of ecosystems including ecological, social and economic components, and the plurality of actors. The sustainable management of protected areas has its own particularities and is even more essential because of the major interest in in situ biodiversity conservation [10, 11], or the importance of the ecosystem goods and services it promotes, especially for the benefit of riparian communities [12, 13] This observation justifies the multiple strategies put in place by organizations working in the fields of biodiversity conservation for greater efficiency in the management of these natural sites. The specific objectives set are, among others, to state the characteristics for the valorization of the MGNP, to determine the managerial insufficiencies, the pressures and the threats to its conservation, to identify and comment on the major axes of intervention in relation to the management objectives, all of this in confrontation with the principles or experiences known in the literature

General information on the MGNP
Methodological approach
Attributes of a reference ecosystem in the Sudano-Sahelian zone
Implications for the sustainable management of Sudano-Sahelian ecosystems
Evaluation of importance*
Improving governance
Organization of environmental education of the stakeholders of influence of the park
Special measures concerning invasive species
Enrichment of gaps or windfalls
Improving the quality of wildlife habitat
Proposed ecological monitoring indicators and parameters to be monitored
Ecological restoration of areas of advanced degradation in the park and its periphery
Measures to improve monitoring and limit illegal resource extraction
Guidelines for the implementation of a geographic information system (GIS)
Findings
Conclusion
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