Ecosystemic forest management approach to ensure forest sustainability and socio-economic development of forest dependent communities: Evidence from Southeast Cameroon
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Abstract
Forests provide a full spectrum of goods and services that contribute to the socio-economic development of forest dependent communities. In tropical countries, the diversity of stakeholders depending on forests with their divergent interests and expectations, make sustainable forest management (SFM) difficult to achieve. Although several studies advocate the decentralization of forest management and public participation as important processes for SFM, little has been done to demonstrate how these processes could contribute to forest sustainability and socioeconomic development of forest dependent communities. Moreover, almost no seminal paper has demonstrated how to integrate the ecological, economical and social issues of forest management, which have nevertheless been recognized as essential for sustainable forest management. This study develops an ecosystemic forest management approach based on “Stakeholder-Resource-Usage-Institution” dynamics as an appropriate framework for ensuring forest sustainability and socio-economic development. This approach is supported with lessons drawn on the limitations and pitfalls of the traditional forest management approach in Southeast Cameroon. Les forêts fournissent toute une gamme de biens et de services qui contribuent au développement socio-économique des communautés dépendantes de la forêt. Dans les régions tropicales, la diversité des parties prenantes qui dépendent des forêts rend la gestion durable des forêts difficile du fait d’attentes et d’intérêts divergents. Bien que plusieurs études estiment la décentralisation de la gestion des forêts et la participation publique comme importantes pour la gestion durable des forêts, peu d’initiatives ont été prises pour démontrer la manière dont ces actions pourraient contribuer à la durabilité de la forêt et au développement socio-économique des communautés dépendant de la forêt. En outre, aucun article majeur n’a démontré comment intégrer les aspects écologiques, économiques et sociaux de la gestion des forêts, qui ont pourtant été reconnus comme essentiels pour la gestion durable des forêts. Cette étude développe une approche de gestion écosystémique des forêts basée sur la dynamique « Partie prenante-Ressource-Utilisation-Institution » comme cadre pour assurer la durabilité des forêts et le développement socio-économique. Cette approche s’appuie sur les enseignements tirés des limites et des pièges de l’approche traditionnelle de gestion des forêts dans le sud-est du Cameroun. Los bosques proporcionan un amplio espectro de bienes y servicios que contribuyen al desarrollo socioeconómico de las comunidades dependientes de los bosques. En países tropicales, la diversidad de las partes interesadas que dependen de los bosques con sus intereses y esperanzas divergentes, hace que la gestión forestal sostenible (GFS) sea difícil de lograr. Aunque varios estudios recomiendan la descentralización de la gestión forestal y la participación pública como procesos importantes para la GFS, se ha hecho muy poco para demostrar cómo estos procesos podrían contribuir a la sostenibilidad forestal y al desarrollo socioeconómico de las comunidades que dependen de los bosques. Además, casi ningún artículo de influencia ha demostrado cómo integrar las cuestiones ecológicas, económicas y sociales de la gestión forestal, algo que sin embargo ha sido reconocido como elemento esencial para la gestión forestal sostenible. Este estudio desarrolla un enfoque de la gestión forestal ecosistémica basado en la dinámica “Parte Interesada-Recurso-Uso-Institución” como un marco apropiado para asegurar la sostenibilidad forestal y el desarrollo socioeconómico. Este enfoque está respaldado por conocimientos basados en las limitaciones y dificultades del enfoque de la gestión forestal tradicional en el sudeste de Camerún.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.002 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".