2 ijfaf jan-2018-2-participatory mapping as a tool

International Journal of Forest, Animal and Fisheries Research (IJFAF) [Vol-2, Issue-1, Jan-Feb, 2018]
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Participatory mapping as a tool to promote
participation of local communities in forest
resources management in Nguti Sub-Division,
Cameroon
Temgoua Lucie Félicité, Eyan Johnson Obed
Department of forestry, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences, University of Dschang, PO BOX: 222, Dschang,
Cameroon
Abstract— This study was carried out with the aim to
contribute to the sustainable management of natural
resources through the production of participative maps
within forest communities in the Nguti subdivision.
Specifically this was to illustrate the existing occupation
and traditional tenure of forest lands and identify where
conflicts of use or rights already exist or could arise both
for national government planning and private investors.
Data was collected through focus group discussions,
household interview and field data collection with the
local population through the use of GPS tablets. Results
show that 90.7% of the population have no idea on this
participative mapping process; however, 35.19% of the
population are very interested in this mapping process as
it could serve as a tool to enhance land security while
28% of respondents think it could serve as a tool for
boundary clarification. Also 18% consider participative
mapping an interesting tool to get good knowledge of an
area and plan land use. However, forest is principally
used here for farming, hunting and gathering with an
average household farm size of 0.35ha per year with just
30% of the non-Timber forest products in this area being
exploited. The study also revealed that, conflicts of use
and right exist due to government affectations, unclear
boundaries and the creation of chiefdoms. Participative
mapping has proven to be the better tool for decision
making as other tools such as satellite images have
caused overlaps in state affectations.
Keywords— Cameroon, Communities, Forest resources,
Participatory Mapping.
I. INTRODUCTION
Forest and tree-based agricultural systems contribute
directly or indirectly to the livelihood of an estimates on
billion people globally (Sunderland et al., 2013).
Cameroon forests are used as economic resources to
produce subsistence and industrial forest products (Eba’a
Atyi et al., 2013). In Cameroon, forest ecosystem goods
and services provide security portfolios for over 80% of
the local populations. It is therefore highly crucial for
poverty reduction and significantly contributes to national
development (Nkem, 2010). The success and
sustainability of forest management cannot be achieved
without the participation of the population in the forest
management process. The poor conservation outcomes
that followed decades of intrusive resource management
strategies and planned development have forced policy
makers and scholars to reconsider the role of community
in resource use and conservation (Arun & Clark, 1999).
One of 1994 Cameroon's forest and wildlife law concerns
has been the involvement of the local communities to in
the forest management to enable them to have a fair and
equitable share of the proceeds from exploitation of forest
resources (Temgoua et al., 2010). However, despite the
idea of community participation in the management of
forest is gaining popularity, much is not done in the field.
Forest communities are largely invisible on official maps
of the Congo Basin and have no formal rights to land.
These land areas have been allocated to logging
companies or designated as strict conservation areas
(RFUK, 2014). In the Congo Basin, there are actually
many threats such as the expansion of agro-industries,
infrastructure development which are increasing pressure
on forests, biodiversity, land and livelihoods (Same &
Geenen, 2015; Joshua & Palkovizt, 2016). A key example
is in the Nguti Sub-division in the South West region of
Cameroon where over seven forest affectations (the
Bayang-mbo Sanctuary, proposed Nkwende hills, a mine
exploration, a council forest, Sithe Global Sustainable Oil
Limited (SGSOC-Herakles), two community forests)
cover more than 80% of its territory (AJESH, 2014). In
november 2013, 19 843 ha of forest has been attributed to
SGSOC for palm oil by the government in Nguti sub-
division (Same & Geenen, 2015). If this expansion may,
in theory, be synonymous to opportunities for the local
economy, it can also endanger traditional lifestyles, local

environment and the global climate (Greenpeace, 2013).
All these affectations in the Nguti Sub-division create
problems like the shortage of land for the population to
carry out its principal activities of livelihood such as
agriculture, the limited availability of natural resources to
the community due to increasing population and limited
access and conflicts between villages (Eyan, 2016).
Cameroon is currently experiencing a historical moment
marked by the simultaneous brainstorming and launching
of projects for the reform of key legislative texts
governing the management of spaces and main resources
of the country i.e. the Forestry Law, Land Law, Mining
Law and Environmental Law are cases in point under
review (CED, 2014). This unprecedented reform agenda
provides an opportunity to harmonize these texts and is
likely to provide the opportunity to enhance the
effectiveness of the management of its natural resources
and the implication of local community.
The past twenty years have witnessed an explosion of
participatory mapping initiatives throughout the world, in
both developing and developed countries (IFAD, 2009)
Participatory mapping is the bottom-up approach that
allows the masses to create maps for all, in contrast to the
traditional top-down approach, relying on those with the
power and resources to create maps that will benefit the
masses either directly or indirectly (Warner, 2015). Maps
created by local communities represent the place in which
they live, showing those elements that communities
themselves perceive as important such as customary land
boundaries, traditional natural resource management
practices and sacred areas (Corbett & Keller, 2006).
Participatory mapping can be used to manage or avoid
conflicts between a community and outsiders and to
address internal conflicts (IFAD, 2009). Based on the
above situations, the present research attempts to examine
how participative mapping could act as a tool to secure
and defend the rights of forest dwellers on the
management of natural resources within the Nguti Sub-
division. Specifically the study objective is to illustrate
the existing occupation and traditional tenure of forest
lands and identify where conflicts of use or rights already
exist or could arise both for national government planning
and private investors.
II. MATERIAL ANDS METHODS
2.1 Study area
Nguti subdivision is found in Kupe-Muanenguba Division
of the Southwest Region of Cameroon (Fig. 1). Nguti
sub-division is within the equatorial rain forest with a
climate which is characterized by two distinct seasons;
the rainy and the dry seasons. The dry season runs from
October or November to March. The rainy season begins
from March or April and ends in September or October.
Topographically, the land is generally flat and raised
400m above sea level with gentle and steep hills dotted
within the thick humid forest in the sub-division. It is host
to several forest reserves including Bayang-Mbo and the
Nguti Council Forest with timber resources, wildlife and
medicinal plants. However, the upper Mbo and Nkongho
mbo is dominated by a very hilly topography with very
steep slopes that does not permit the exploitation of its
forest. The area is primarily under the thick, humid
equatorial rain forest. Three vegetation types can be
identified. The evergreen forest that has seen little
exploitation is immense, luxuriant and has a continuous
canopy of leaves. This is home to several tree and animal
species. There is a secondary type forest that has appeared
as a result of human activity. Though of limited surface
area there is grassland at the eastern outposts of the
municipality (Nguti Council, 2009). The subdivision is
endowed with valuable forest resources including Timber,
Non-Timber Forest Products like Eru Gnetum sp.,
Ricinodendron heudelotii, Irvingia gabonensis.
2.2 Data collection and Analysis
This area covers 54 villages divided into 8 clans. Three
(03) of these clans (upper balong, lower Mbo and
Nkongho mbo) were selected for this research due to their
proximity to several affected zones and the inaccessibility
to or inadequate use of natural resources in these areas.
The number of villages per clans were chosen depending
on the total number of villages for a clan. These villages
were selected using the purposive sampling (Parton,
2000). This was to ease harmonization of the maps that
will be produced per village. The sampling unit was
households meanwhile a parent is interviewed principally
the male or female. Yet the latter must be an indigene of
the village haven stayed in the village for more than 10
years. This was to increase viability on information
collected concerning land tenure system and land use over
time. A total number of 125 households have been
selected.
Data was collected using two approaches: the
participative rural appraisal method with the
establishment of participative maps and questionnaires
and focus group discussions for socio-economic data
from the local population. Focus group discussions and
questionnaire interviews were used to the perception of
the population on the mapping process, natural resources
use and traditional tenure of forest in this areas. The
Supporting local Communities in mapping traditional
areas methodology was used for the participatory
mapping process to get knowledge on the existing
occupation of land and where conflicts of use or rights
exist or could arise that could be useful both for national
government planning and private investors. This method
involved an Information meeting, Ground map

elaboration, Training of local cartographers, Field data
collection and observation, Data treatment and a
validation process through which the population confirms
the maps and stays with a copy.
Fig. 1: Administrative location of the Nguti Sub-division
Two sets of data were analyzed in order to attain all
expected results. These included data collected through
the use of questionnaire, discussion guide and that
collected on the field with the use of GPS tablets.
Data from questionnaires were coded and incorporated
into the EXCEL 2013 software and then imported into the
SPSS 12.0 software. Data from the GPS tablets was
analyzed in the computer with the use of the QGIS 2.2.1
and arc-GIS Software to produce land use maps of the
sampled villages showing areas of livelihood activities
and important natural sites within each community.
III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
3.1 Perception of the population on the mapping
process
Community knowledge and participation in participatory
mapping was investigated to determine the level of
knowledge and participation in similar processes. 90.7%
of respondents had no idea on participative mapping
while 9.3% confirmed having heard about the process
from some radio stations present at the launching of the
participative mapping project. The latter have an idea on
the project but had never participated in any related
process in the past. 100% of respondents saw this process
of participative mapping as acceptable. However, the
100% acceptability of the project by the population came
from different interests as can be seen in figure 2.
Fig. 2 shows that majority of the population are interested
in this project with reasons that it could serve as a tool to
secure their land (35.19%). This could be as a result of the
fact that the main challenge of the local communities in
the study area is assess to land title and land ownership.
Most of the households interviewed live far below the
national average income range (Nguti Council, 2009). As
such they cannot afford or access land titles through the
complicated and expensive channel put in place by the
state. They therefore consider land security as a major
challenge for which they need solutions. Another 27.78%
are of the impression that participative mapping will help
them in boundary clarification. This also confirms a study
by Kyem (2005) were participative maps were used in
conflicts management in Ghana. This is because several
cases of conflicts of rights on land principally as a result
of unclear boundaries do exist. This therefore forces each
community to clear several small portions of the forest in
order to secure lands. This could be a cause for great
deforestation in the area. 100% of village Chiefs however
had interest on land security. On the other hand, just

1.85% are interested in it acting as tool to limit future
disputes. Most of the later came from a few educated
persons from the communities. Another 1.85% had no
interest; with believe that it could turn out to be like every
other project which has never benefited them.
Fig. 2: Reasons for Community Interest in Participatory mapping
3.2 Forest usage in Nguti Sub-division
From the participative maps established with
communities (Fig. 3), the Bayang-Mbo Sanctuary, the
Nguti Council forest and SG-SOC are all affectations
found or touching the clans under study. The Bayang-
Mbo Sanctuary covering over 40% of the Nguti sub-
division, cuts across the lower mbo clan occupying about
60% of its low land area living the population with a
dominant of hilly topography that does not favour
livelihood activities. The Nguti council forest under
classification covers over 50% of the customary land of
the directly impacted communities used for their
livelihood. This decision is being taken however without
considering the livelihood means of the population
(subsistence agriculture and hunting). This is true
because, from the participative map produced most of the
hunting activities (source of protein and income) and
gathering by the population is done within this portion of
the forest. Also, the distance of the forest limit with the
nearest farms within these communities, does not take
into consideration farm expansion over time by the local
dwellers.
With this form of land occupation, the population is left
with little or no farming space or for expansion of
existing farms. This therefore does not tie with the 2010–
2020 Cameroon’s Growth and Employment Strategic plan
which has as objective to increase outputs and land
surface areas by approximately 30% to ensure food
security and strengthen growth by facilitating access to
farmland for the establishment of medium and large farms
(with particular emphasis on large-scale rice cultivation).
3.3 Land use by the population
Within this area, customary land ownership is classified
into either family land or community land. Family heads
control and distribute family land, while local leaders
(chiefs) are administrators of community land. Family
lands can either be borrowed or inherited (inheritance is
transferable). Ancestors of these families cultivated forest
land to gain right on customary land. Community land is
sold, leased or allocated by traditional authorities. It can
also be given to an indigene with a limit on the surface
area in case a family land is exhausted.
Land is principally used here for farming, hunting and
gathering of non-timber forest products (NTFPs). Fig. 4
gives a view of land use by the Mbo people. Agriculture
is a major activity for over 55.6% of the population,
35.2% do both hunting and farming. However, hunting is
and has always been a life style of the people.
Fig. 4 implies that 40.8% of the population interviewed
are involved in hunting. It can also be noticed that besides
farming and hunting, teaching is the only official activity
for which the population is engaged in that has not a
direct link with natural resources. Every one however is
involved in the collection of NTFPs but not as a principal
activity. There is therefore the need to diversify their
economic activity to limit influence on biodiversity and
natural resources.

Fig.3: Forest usage and stakes in upper Balong
Fig. 4: Principal occupation of respondents
Also, it is noticed that over 60% of villages in the Mbo
(Kamelumpe, Ehuyampe, Ekwenzo, Tabonkwa and
Mbetta) live in an area with so many hills of steep and
rough slopes. This can be seen from the difference in farm
land distribution in the different villages. Areas with level
landscape have an almost uniform and dispersed farm
distribution unlike the former where most farm lands are
found along foot paths linking the villages and more
abundantly around households.
Farming is done around households while hunting and
gathering is further where forest has not yet been cleared.
The principal means of livelihood in this area is farming
and hunting. For more than 50 years that these people
have been practicing agriculture though subsistence, just
about 25% or less of their customary land has been used
so far for farming. However, due to land insecurity of
indigenous populations following the Cameroon land law
of 1974, traditional authorities in Upper Balong have been
very much involved in selling out their lands to outsiders.
It is observed that almost if not all of agricultural
plantations found here are owned by outsiders.
With the principal farming system here being slash and
burn, there will be a great destruction of the forest
resources which will have a negative impact on the

climate and also on wildlife resources. Further analysis
proved that, diversifying the occupation of local
population can reduce pressure on the forest for
unsustainable agriculture and hunting which most
households are involved. It was noticed that most
households (50%) with farming as a principal livelihood
activity have their farm sizes ranging from 5-9ha, those
who do both farming and hunting (47.4%) have farm
sizes between 3-7ha for most of them, while most hunters
and those of other occupation (60%) have farms of
between 1-3ha. In the Upper Balong clan, the topography
of the area is level with surrounding forest, rich in
wildlife which favors hunting. However, with the opening
of secondary roads used by timber exploiters, the
population had been encouraged to embark in agriculture
due to easy access to the market. Nevertheless, this might
no longer be the case as the Nguti council forest under
creation covers more than 50% of the customary land its
surrounding villages in this clan. This land is normally
used for farm extension by the population. This therefore
sends the population back to intense hunting.
3.4 Forest usage for gathering of non-timber forest
products
Non-timber forest products (NTFP) could save this forest
from degradation of its resources caused by subsistence
farming and hunting. NTFPs is known to be a major
source of income to many forest communities in
Cameroon. Diverse NTFP species (Gnetum africanum,
Ricinodendron heudelotii, Irvingia gabonensis, Cola
lepidota, Cola accuminata, Garcinia kola, Raphia
Hookeri, Tetracarpidium canophorum, Bambusa
vulgaris, Eremospatha spp) are found in this zone, but
only few are collected (30%). Nevertheless 44.6% of
respondents report an increase in their rate of collection of
NTFPs. The main reason for the increase in the NTFP
collection in some areas is as a result of access to buyers
or closeness to markets. Fig. 5 shows the various reasons
for this rate of collection. Income generation (38%) is the
principal reason which some communities continue to
collect NTFPs. This could be as a result of the fact that
besides farming where women are involved, NTFP
collection is the only other activity where women are
involved which acts as a source of income to this group of
persons.
Fig.5: Reasons for increased rate of NTFP collection
On the other hand, 20% just increased their rate of
collection due to their recent knowledge on the economic
value of these products. The later got this knowledge
from external elites who came into the village as a result
of either retirement or to be engaged in agriculture. There
is therefore the need for sensitization on the value of these
products.
3.5 Conflicts
There exist some areas of conflicts either between the
local population and private exploiters, local communities
and the state or between the local populations themselves
of the same tribe or different tribes. This is due to either
the affectation of forest by the government without
considering the livelihood of the population or as a result
of unclear customary boundaries between communities
sharing a common limit. Some areas however have
evidence of subsequent conflicts which have either not
been noticed or are being neglected.
3.5.1 Conflicts and subsequent conflicts due to affectation
Some areas within the lower Mbo clan such as Etabang,
Nzoa, kamelumpe and Tangang were hunting had always
been the principal economic activity, constantly face
situations of conflicts with guards of the Bayang-mbo
wildlife sanctuary who continue to seize their weapons
and hunted animals. Considering the fact that these people
have occupied almost every area of their land with farms,
the sanctuary had always acted as their hunting zone both
as a source of protein and livelihood. This justifies why
some of these villages had refused the creation of this
sanctuary. It is however impossible for this population to
stop hunting within this protected area since no other
source of protein was provided to them. From evidence
of this mapping activity, it was also noticed that the agro-
industry (SG-SOC) has a section of its apportioned land
superposing with farm lands in Sikam and Ayong villages
(Upper Balong). With this situation, the Ayong
community does not permit the company to invest on that
part of the forest. Such factors certainly does not
encourage foreign investment into the country.
Cameroon’s wildlife regulations require local populations

to be compensated for the temporary or permanent
suspension of their rights by the creation or extension of a
protected area. However, no signs of compensation or any
social infrastructural development can be observed in
communities (Tangang, Kamelumpe, Etawang) directly
influenced by the creation of this sanctuary. The above
mentioned villages have been able to benefit from the
government just primary schools with a single teacher,
being the head teacher. This can be termed the
marginalization of indigenous peoples from social and
educational services.
In the Upper Balong village, More than 90% of
investigated villages are sitting on a mining exploration
zone. On this same area, more than 70% is being
occupied by a Council forest, SG-SOC plantation and the
proposed Nkwende hills. Some of these affectations (SG-
SOC plantation) touch farm lands out of the knowledge of
the population while on others (Nkwende hills), the
population is farming on unconsciously. These
superposition of land use would definitely be sources of
future conflicts. This affirms that the local population
were not considered during such decision makings. This
could also be due to the absence of a better tool for
decision making in the management of natural resources.
The absence of the above tool has led to the poor
identification of the customary boundaries of each village.
A precondition for the recognition of land ownership by
villages shall be the determination/delimiting of their
borders with neighboring villages. Participative mapping
acts as better tool for such delimitation.
3.5.1 Intra tribal land conflicts and areas of subsequent
conflict
Principally, conflicts in these areas come from boundary
conflicts. These conflicts are however between indigenes
within a community on farm lands or between two
communities on customary boundaries. It is noticed that
conflicts on farm lands come as a result of the boundary
indicators used such as flowers, streams, marked trees,
valleys and beacons. Flowers and beacons are reported to
be the principal causes as a result of the ability to be off
rooted and mobility respectively. Fig. 6 and Fig 7 show
important possible conflict zones in the Mbo and Upper
Balong areas. Fig. 6 indicates a forest section between the
villages of Baro, Ossirayip and Ayong were limits of the
three villages superpose. This zone could be an area of
potential conflict especially coupled with the fact that this
zone and its extension to the left is under classification as
a council forest. The principal cause of conflicts is for
boundary disputes in this area (67%). Also, in areas were
limits are clear, non-respect of these limits is another
cause for clashes. It was thus noticed that areas of unclear
boundaries were marked by either hills, valleys, trees or
rocks. Considering the fact that most local cartographers
were youths, it could be said that these youths do not
master their customary boundaries. There is therefore the
need to use these maps together with the elders and chiefs
of every village for boundary clarification. Clear
boundaries which could avoid conflicts in this area are
demarcated by streams. Nevertheless, due to the fact that
most of these streams are small and some even dry up
during the dry season, some individuals within
communities take these as advantages and encroach into
the forests of their neighbouring villages. There is
therefore the need for better demarcation strategies within
this area if rights on land must be respected.
3.6 Participative map as a tool for national land
planning and zoning
Data analysis revealed that participative mapping is an
effective tool for national land planning and zoning and
improve decision making at the level of the government,
the local council and the forest communities.
3.6.1 Importance of participatory mapping in national
land planning and zoning
In Nguti Sub-division, participatory mapping can be used
for:
- The identification of key areas for the creation of
Community Zone. This will help regulate hunting
activities within this zone;
- The establishment of protected areas or forest
attributions for exploitation. This is possible as the maps
give clear information on the manner and extent of forest
usage in a particular area unlike conventional non-
participative maps which represent communities as dots.
This will avoid overlaps between state attributions and
community used zones as is the case in some of these
communities where satellite images are used;
- The amelioration of the national land tenure system. The
participative maps produced during this study give
information on the impact of the tenure system on land
use in the study area. The land use pattern in some of
these areas has a negative impact on the forest cover as
can be seen in these maps. This is because the local
population clear many small holdings to secure land for
which they can be compensated in case it is destroyed
during development projects according to the Cameroon
land law.

Fig. 6: Map of the Mbo clans indicating areas of conflicts

Fig. 7: Map of villages in the Upper Balong indicating a potential conflict zone

- Risk reduction in the case of the establishment of great
projects such as road networks. This will facilitate
environmental impact assessments and the
implementation of impact mitigation plans;
- The promotion of ecotourism within this council using
data collected on potential eco touristic sites. Many
interesting ecotourism sites such as water falls, caves not
yet known were identified within the study sites. These, if
developed could bring financial benefits to these
communities and why not national development.
- Town planning: Participative maps produced during this
study provided information on settlement patterns. Thus,
to ameliorate land use systems, hygienic situations and to
facilitate the implementation of some projects, these maps
can be used to adjust the settlement pattern in this area.
3.6.2 Importance of participative mapping in decision
making
To avoid conflicts : These maps give information on the
limits between community used land and forest not yet
used and so the government can decide to attribute forest
for different purposes without affecting forest
communities and thus evoking conflicts. Also conflicts
between communities can avoid during the establishment
of villages.
These maps would serve Indigenous and local
communities the following purposes:
- To advocate for their rights in the use and management
of natural resources. These maps contain information on
protected and proposed protected areas without the
knowledge or concern of the local population. This is the
case for the Nkwende hills. It also provides information
on protected areas created without considering areas of
influence of the population on which they carry out their
livelihood activities such as the Bayang-mbo wildlife
sanctuary
- To negotiate with the state for more agricultural space
by increasing the distance of some permanent forest
estates within their customary limits which are very close
to households or farm lands. This is the case of the Nguti
council forest
- To negotiate with private exploiters or investors on
community land. These maps help communities identify
their area of activities and thus secure their right on
resource use and cultural preservation. With this
communities can know if they still have enough forest to
give out for exploitation and which part of the forest
cover. Also communities will be able to decide which
quantity of forest to use or give out for a particular
purpose. This will enhance control on forest use and thus
reducing or avoiding deforestation.
IV. CONCLUSION
This study shows that adjustments need to be done at the
level of decision making concerning forest delimitation,
classifications and the respect of the right of local
communities in the Nguti Council. The study proofs that
such mapping process was very innovative in this area as
the majority of the population had never heard or
participated in such a process. Concerning land use, the
population uses the forest mostly for agriculture, hunting,
gathering and cultural activities. However, the topography
of the area, the absence of road network and the various
forms of forest affectations limit these communities from
farm expansion, effective gathering and thus discouraging
most of these livelihood activities. As concerns issues of
conflicts, the local population continues to face
conflicting situations with wildlife agents due to hunting
within protected areas and the hunting of protected
species even out of protected zones. This is principally
caused by the absence of a substituent source of protein
and livelihood. Also, forest affectations that do not
consider the means of livelihood of the population area
acting as potential conflict zones. More so, conflicts on
land use between the communities themselves exist. This
is principally caused by unclear limits established by
ancestors and the establishment of villages from others
without considering customary limits.
With respect to land use planning and zoning, the
Cameroon forestry atlas and satellite images have not
been the best basis for decision making in forestry as
several overlaps are noticed in this area. This process of
participative mapping stands therefore as a better basis for
decision making on the management of natural resources
in the Nguti sub-division.
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