Rethinking Rights and Interests of Local Communities in REDD+ Designs: Lessons Learnt from Current Forest Tenure Systems in Cameroon

Table 1

Exclusion of potential stakeholders due to the use of legal entity.

Region	Village community	Number of respondents	Who are members of your FMI?				Is farming practised in your CF?
			Natives only	%	Both natives and aliens	%	Yes	No
East	Menkouom	14	0	0	14	100	14	0
	Messok-Messok	16	0	0	16	100	16	0
	Ba’aBa (Zoulabot)	14	0	0	14	100	14	0
	Etekessang	19	0	0	19	100	19	0
	Lelene	14	0	0	14	100	14	0
	Doumzock	12	0	0	12	100	12	0
	Ngoyla Village	25	0	0	25	100	25	0
	Lamson	13	0	0	13	100	13	0
Littoral	Ngonga	39	0	0	39	100	39	0
	Kopongo	50	0	0	50	100	50	0
	BOPO CF	13	0	0	13	100	13	0
South West	Tinto CF	101	101	100	0	0	0	101
Total	12	330	101	30.6	229	69.4	229	101
%	100	100	30.6	30.6	69.4	69.4	69.4	30.6

Source: field work, 2010.