REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON PEACE – WORK – FATHERLAND
LAW N° 2024/008 OF 24 JUN 2024
TO LAY DOWN FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE REGULATIONS
| PRESIDENCE DE LA REPUBLIQUE |
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| PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC |
| SECRETARIAT GENERAL |
| SERVICE DU FICHER LEGISLATIF ET REGLEMENTAIRE |
| LEGISLATIVE AND STATUTORY AFFAIRS CARD INDEX SERVICE |
| COPIE CERTIFIEE CONFORME |
| CERTIFIED TRUE COPY |
The Parliament deliberated and adopted, the President of the Republic hereby enacts the law set out below:
# CHAPTER I ## GENERAL PROVISIONS
I. PURPOSE AND SCOPE
SECTION 1: (1) This law lays down forestry and wildlife regulations with a view to achieving forestry and wildlife policy objectives.
(2) Forestry and wildlife regulations shall cover all the rules governing the conservation, protection, exploitation and surveillance of forest cover, restoration of forest landscapes, development and renewal of forest and wildlife resources of forest areas, the fight against deforestation and forest degradation, forest security areas and the legality and traceability of forest/wildlife products. They shall incorporate the customary rights and rights of use of local communities.
SECTION 2: Forest tenure regulations shall be laid down by the land tenure and State property laws, as well as the provisions of this law.
II. DEFINITIONS
SECTION 3: For the purposes of this law and its implementing instruments, the following definitions shall apply:
- Hunting lease: renting of a hunting territory;
- Agroforestry: agricultural practice combining trees and crops;
- Marine protected area: marine and coastal space located within the national jurisdiction, specifically dedicated to the protection of ecosystems, processes, habitats, and marine species likely to contribute towards restoring and rebuilding resources required for economic, social and cultural enrichment;
- Protected area: a clearly defined and demarcated geographical space, recognized, dedicated and sustainably managed to achieve long-term conservation of one or more biological resources, with associated ecosystem services and cultural values;
- Community protected area: a protected area forming part of the national land of a local community, set aside for forestry and managed in accordance with local customs;
- Permanent forest management: management, based on objectives and a pre-adopted plan following consultation with the other stakeholders, of a number of activities and investments for the conservation and/or sustained supply of a number of forest products and services, without undermining the intrinsic value, or jeopardizing the future productivity of a permanent forest and without causing side effects on the physical, social and cultural environment;
PRESIDENCE DE LA REPUBLIQUE PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC SECRETARIAT GENERAL SERVICE DU FICHIER LEGISLATIF ET REGLEMENTAIRE LEGISLATIVE AND STATUTORY AFFAIRS CARD INDEX SERVICE COPIE CERTIFIEE CONFORME
Lessee: natural or legal person having concluded a lease with the State to manage a protected area, a hunting area or a community-managed hunting area;
Wild animal: animal whose phenotype has not been modified through any genetic selection and which lives free of any direct human surveillance or control;
Aquacultural: relating to organisms living in aquatic biotopes;