Resume Le caractere de ressources renouvelable des produits forestiers non ligneux (PFNL) est une opportunite pour les perenniser. La plupart des travaux sur le capital social s’accordent sur ses effets positifs : il facilite la coordination des agents et semble etre une condition de developpement. Cette etude analyse l’effet du capital social dans l’adoption de pratiques de gestion durables des PFNL par les menages de la foret communautaire au Cameroun. L’etude a utilise des donnees primaires collectees aupres d’un echantillon stratifie de 60 menages ruraux de la FC de Morikouali-ye dans la Region de l’Est Cameroun et un modele Probit pour les estimations. Les resultats montrent que, 67% des menages enquetes percoivent le niveau de degradation des PFNL dans la FC au fur et a mesure que le temps passe et sont pres a 74% pour adoption des pratiques de gestion durable des PFNL : la domestication, la gestion durable de la FC, l’interdiction d’abattage des arbres et du deracinement des plantes, etc. L’estimation du modele Probit montre que sexe et le capital social a travers la confiance, la solidarite l’inclusion sociale et la cooperation influencent positivement et significativement la probabilite des menages de la FC a adopter des pratiques de gestion durable des PFNL. Nos resultats suggerent au menages d’etre animes d’un esprit de solidarite et de cooperation et ne plus se laisser aller a un jeu de concurrence pour une gestion durable des PFNL dans leur FC. En outre, l’adoption de ces pratiques de collecte durable pourrait renforcer les liens qui existent entre eux, favoriser la prise de decisions collectives et assurer le revenu issu des PFNL dans le long terme. Mots cles: capital social, confiance, foret communautaire, produits forestier non ligneux, Probit, solidarite. Abstract The nature of renewable resources of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) is an opportunity to make them sustainable. Most of the work on social capital agrees on its positive effects: it contribute to the agent’s coordination and seems to be a condition for development. This study analyzes the social capital effect in the adoption of sustainable management practices of NTFPs by households in the community forest in Cameroon. The study used primary data collected from a stratified sample of 60 rural households in Morikouali-ye FC in the Eastern Region of Cameroon and for estimation a Probit model. The results show that, as time passes 67% of the households surveyed perceive the level of degradation of NTFPs in the CF and are close to 74% of them agree for the adoption of sustainable management practices of NTFPs: domestication, sustainable management of the FC, the ban on cutting down trees and uprooting plants, etc. The Probit model estimate shows that gender and social capital through trust, solidarity, social inclusion and cooperation positively and significantly influence the likelihood of CF households to adopt sustainable NTFPs management practices. Our results suggest that households should be animated by a spirit of solidarity and cooperation and no longer indulge in a game of competition for a sustainable management of NTFPs in their CF. In addition, the adoption of these sustainable collection practices could strengthen the links that exist between them, promote collective decision-making and ensure income from NTFPs in the long term. Keywords: social capital, trust, community forest, non-timber forest products, Probit, solidarity.