Abstract
The Cameroon forest is in decline because there is no holistic management strategy. This decline threatens all the forest resources: trees, flora and fauna. With high population growth rates, growing poverty, public corruption, and other similar ills, the fate of Cameroon’s forest is further jeopardized. Mobilizing efforts to reverse the current declining trend of the forest is imperative. This paper examines the state of forest degradation during the colonial and post‐colonial administrations in Cameroon. Both administrations have neglected the local population living in the forest. NGOs working in anglophone Cameroon seem to have realized the need to incorporate local forest communities in their style of forest resource management and conservation. Nevertheless, NGOs have their limitations. The paper advocates a management approach that consists of the state, NGOs and the local community, to achieve sustainable forest management in Cameroon.
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