期刊名称：The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (JSDA)
电子版ISSN：1520-5509
出版年度：2014
卷号：16
期号：7
出版社：Institute of Sustainable Development in Africa
摘要：The links between the social and environmental pillars are particularly under-developed in scientific literature. This article bridges this knowledge gap b y applying a social-environmental conceptual framework which consists of a check- list of 33 questions. It used same to review various strategy documents of the Government of Cameroon. These comprised one national strategy document, three sectoral strategy documents and two sub -sectoral strategy documents. To triangulate and enrich these documents analysis, unstructured interviews with 21 key stakeholders was held. The findings revealed some inconsistencies in participatory processes. Findings also revealed insufficient consideration of benefits sharing from the exploitation of natural resource for local social development. Bio -piracy issues were also not well considered in the documents analyzed. Nevertheless, natural and human -induced risk management, environmental awareness, generation and use of data, and commitments to infrastructure planning that concurrently pro motes social integration and environmental sustainability simultaneously are well considered in the strategy documents reviewed.
关键词：development strategies; Cameroon; check-list; social and environmental links
