摘要：Cameroonian community forests were designed and implemented to meet the generalobjectives of forest management decentralization for democratic and community management. The spreadof management conflicts all over the country has shown that these broad expectations have not been met.We describe conflicts occurring in 20 community forests by types of actors and processes involved. Weargue that a number of external (community vs. external actors) and internal (intra-community) conflictsare part of the causes blocking the expected outcome of Cameroonian community forests, fostering badgovernance and loss of confidence. Rent appropriation and control of forest resources appear as systemicor generalized conflicts. While community forest support projects have tended to focus on capacity buildingactivities, less direct attention has been given to these systemic problems. We conclude that some factorslike appropriate leadership, and spending of logging receipts on collective benefits (direct and indirect) areneeded to minimize conflicts. Government and development agencies should concentrate efforts ondesigning concrete tools for improving financial transparency while privileging communities with credibleleaders
关键词：Cameroon; common pool resources management; community forests; network analysis; social;conflicts
