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The Plants of Dom, Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon
  • Language: en

The Plants of Dom, Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon

This book describes the 356 species and varieties of plant discovered in the forests of Dom, located in the Bamenda Highlands of North West Region of Cameroon, and is designed to enable identification of the plant species within the checklist area, in particular those threatened with extinction - the highest priorities for conservation. To this end, details to aid the monitoring and management of each of the threatened taxa are given in a separate Red Data chapter, which includes line drawings.

Ecology and Natural Resource Development in the Western Highlands of Cameroon. Issues in Natural Resource Management
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 220

Ecology and Natural Resource Development in the Western Highlands of Cameroon. Issues in Natural Resource Management

The densely populated Bamenda Highlands of Cameroon remains one of the regions with the greatest land degradation problems in the country. Factors responsible for this include climate change, the hilly nature or topographic layout of the land, and human interference through overgrazing, destructive agricultural practices and the impact of deforestation. This detailed study of resource management and its ecological challenges in the Bamenda Highlands, stresses an important link between falling food output and soil deterioration. While most areas in this predominantly agricultural region enjoy food abundance, the inhabitants of high-density infertile, rugged mountainous areas are forced to resort to double cropping and intensified land exploitation that leave little room for soil regeneration. The population problem in relation to land degradation is infinitely more complicated than the region's sheer ability to produce enough food supply. The authors make a strong case for a delicate balance between human agency and environmental protection in this highly populated and physically challenging region where land is a precious resource and land conflicts are common.

Sustaining Mountain Environments and Rural Livelihoods in Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 212
Cameroon
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 276

Cameroon

This guide explores the geographical diversities of Lake Chad in the north, Mount Cameroon in the west, and the dense rainforests of the south.

Biological Resource Exploitation in Cameroon
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 204

Biological Resource Exploitation in Cameroon

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2002
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Plants of Lebialem Highlands, (Bechati-Fosimondi-Besali) Cameroon
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 182

The Plants of Lebialem Highlands, (Bechati-Fosimondi-Besali) Cameroon

This book provides a flora of the Lebialem Highlands area, Cameroon. Introductory chapters cover the vegetation, geology, soil types, climate, threats, invasive and alien plants, ethnobotany and history of botanical exploration in the area. A Red Data chapter contains the results of assessing the status of all the species covered, accompanied by colour photographs of the most threatened species.

Biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Islands
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 254

Biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Islands

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1990
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  • Publisher: IUCN

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Geology and Mineral Resources of Nigeria
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 222

Geology and Mineral Resources of Nigeria

Nigeria is a vast country with considerable wealth in natural resources. This book provides a detailed description of Nigeria’s geology and mineral resources with the aim of promoting sustainable economic development of Nigeria’s mineral and petroleum sectors.

Ethnobotanic Resources of Tropical Montane Forests
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 244

Ethnobotanic Resources of Tropical Montane Forests

Mountain forests provide important ecological services, and essential products. This book focuses on the importance of mountain forests in Cameroon for the local people who depend most directly on them, and have often developed a wealth of indigenous knowledge on plants and sophisticated institutions for managing limited plant and animal resources. Such knowledge and institutions have often been threatened, or even destroyed, by centralization and globalization; yet there is increasing recognition that community-based institutions are the best adapted to ensuring that mountain forests continue to supply their diverse goods and services to both mountain and other people over the long-term. Th...

The Plants of Mount Oku and the Ijim Ridge, Cameroon
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 232

The Plants of Mount Oku and the Ijim Ridge, Cameroon

Oku-Ijim in the Bamenda Highlands, is a region where 96.5% of the original vegetation has been lost. A Red Data chapter assesses the status of 56 threatened taxa in detail. Chapters on the history of botanical exploration, ethnobotany, geology and soils, climate and vegetation are included.