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4.11. According to the most recent notification from Cameroon under the Agriculture Agreement, the country does not grant domestic support to agricultural producers. Support has been provided, however, under the environmental protection programme, through the Ministry of the Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development.

4.24. Seed cotton is produced almost exclusively by small scale farmers, numbering about 350,000, on fields totalling 200,000 ha. Seed cotton yields fluctuate from year to year depending largely on climate. Cotton's share of total exports of goods rose from 3.4% in 2012 to 6% in 2021.

4.35. The subsector faces significant challenges, including demanding market standards for quality, sporadic investment programmes owing to treasury difficulties, and unpredictable climate conditions, the latter having killed thousands of banana plants and stoked a security crisis in the country's south west and north west regions.

4.48. As during the previous review, fishing activities continue to be regulated by the 1994 law on the forestry, fauna and fisheries regime. [62] That law provides that any person (natural or legal) wishing to exploit fishery resources on an industrial or semi industrial scale must obtain approval by order of the Minister responsible for fisheries. (...)
[62] Law No. 94/01 of 20 January 1994 on the forestry, fauna and fisheries regime, and Decree No. 95/413 of 20 June 1995 determining certain rules for implementing the fisheries regime.

4.49. (...) The government strategy is to remove constraints preventing more responsible management of fisheries and the sustainable development of aquaculture. (...)

4.52. The 1994 law on the forestry, fauna and fisheries regime still governs, inter alia, the granting of logging rights, royalties and taxes on forestry activities, and the regime for the export of forest products. Other legal texts defining criteria for forestry sector activities relate, among other things, to environmental protection and sustainable forest management. The Ministry of Forests and Fauna (MINFOF) is the authority responsible for this subsector. The National Forest Development Agency (ANAFOR) is responsible for supporting individuals and communities in the creation of forest plantations.

4.53. During the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Government of Cameroon committed to reducing its national emissions by 32% by 2035 from its baseline projected emissions in 2010.

4.54. Deforestation and forest degradation rates, quantified as roughly 0.12% for the 2001 15 period, are likely to rise in coming years, owing to various factors: the expansion of agriculture (shifting and permanent cultivation); timber extraction (commercial, charcoal) and infrastructure development (transport, housing settlements, private enterprises and public services). Aware of the serious degradation of its forest assets, as well as the fauna living there, Cameroon's Ministry of the Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development has been participating since January 2011 in the project Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+), which also covers sustainable forest management and forest conservation. [64] Work on Cameroon's national REDD+ strategy for 2019 25 began in 2014 and continued until 2018. [65] Its implementation will be nationwide, with regional scale programmes and projects (by agro-ecological zone, region and commune).
[64] The concept of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) has been expanded to include the conservation of forest carbon stocks, sustainable forest management and the enhancement of forest carbon stocks. The combination of the REDD concept with these three additional activities is called REDD+.
[65] Ministry of the Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development, national strategy to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, promote sustainable forest management and forest conservation and enhance forest carbon stocks (2018).

4.58. In addition to the stumpage fees mentioned above, rough wood is subject to an export duty of 50% of its f.o.b. value, as fixed semi annually by the Ministry of Finance based on market values (which are themselves generally determined on the basis of global prices). The export duty on sawn timber and other primary wood products is 10% of the value of the corresponding species.

1.1. (...) The negative impacts of climate change have been increasingly felt around the world with severe droughts, flooding and temperature anomalies compounding an already difficult situation. (...)