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Cameroon’s reforestation efforts are diverse with regards to actors, geography and the time period when they were conducted. The earliest efforts were before 1990 when more than 11000 hectares were planted in the dense forest zone according to ANAFOR records. Between 1990 and 2000 a further 2300 hecatres were established using diferent types of species: such as Eucalyptus, Pinus, Teck, Gmélina, Cypres, Sapin, Filao, Pygeum , Tetrapleura T, Leuceana in the wet savannah,  Neem, Acacia, Leuceana, Gome arabica, Anacardier, Acacia Sénégal, Faidherbia Albida, Citrus spp in the dry savannah and Terminalia Spp, Voacanga, Wengue, Moabi, Kossipo, Safoutier, Fromager, Mahogany, Acajou, Ndjanssang, Wild mangoes in the dense forest zone.

In 2007 ANAFOR, NGOs and individuals established 2,859 hectares of plantations bringing the total surface area to 17,133 hectares throughout the country (Edf, 2008). However, these statistics may vary depending on the sources; MINFOF stated the surface area of forest plantations in 2012 was about 2000 hectares and more than 25,000 hectares in 2015. From 2012 to 2017, reforestation activitieswere carried out by nearly 1,000 stakeholders, among which were the Municipalities, Associations and Common Initiatives Group, with the objective of planting more than 4,000,000 trees over an area of 10,000 hectares. This has increased the cumulative area of forest plantations to about 30,000 hectares (MINFOF, 2018).

Different types of community based reforestation initiatives have been implemented primarily in the

savannah zone, both wet and dry. These include: the rural family income improvement program – PARFRA- in the west; the  “Carbon Sink” City of Cameroon project in Foumban, Tonga and Mandjou; and plantations by elites for economic purposes. These initiatives have been slow to translate into significant and lasting results due to low seedling survival rates.

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