Study Of The Environmental And Social Impact Of The Construction Of A Wood Cluster

Abstract

The growth of our economy depends mainly on the creation of wealth through the value added. This creation of wealth requires that the Cameroonian economy truly committed to the path of deepening processing various products including timber, which is currently exported immediately after the initial processing. To go further in the transformation, it is necessary to build clusters and other essential tools. However, for the construction of a cluster, it is important to take the relevant environmental provisions.

This study on “Project of construction of a wood cluster in Yaounde: socio-environmental impacts and prospects”, responds to this preoccupation. It was designed to assess the environmental and social impacts related to construction of a cluster timber Yaounde.

To do this, we conducted raids at Minkoameyos, a village site for the cluster timber driver. It is located in the Borough of Yaounde VII, Mfoundi Department, Central Region. We were using a questionnaire, conducted a socioeconomic survey of 7 local households directly touch by project and 62 others in the locality. A multi-resource inventory of the site and the consultation of the parties involved have also been necessary.

The site is an area of approximately 11.76 hectares, an area of land leveled to about one hectare which can be seen here and there the remains of the materialization of the project stands and warehouses timber yard on the site originally planned. We also note the presence of a house under construction coordinates (X = 768295 Y = 428266). The multi-resource inventory of the site has counted 639 stems representative 23 species that correspond to a gross volume of 1,549.6 m³. In addition, we noted the juvenile character of the vegetation and fauna poor (rodents and small mammals).