A. Species

Scientific name: Millettia laurentii

Common name(s): Wengé

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Endangered

B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

• Cameroon

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C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: National Level

Name/Details of location: Camaroon (esp. Campo ma'an)

D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 2008

End Year: 2012

E. Information about the use

How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Type of use: Extractive

Practice of use: Logging and/or Wood Harvesting

Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal

Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism

Purpose(s) of end use: Materials and construction

Motivation of use: Income generation from trade (individual/household/community) and Largescale commercial exploitation for trade

Is this use legal or illegal?: Some use is legal and some is illegal

F. Information about the Users

Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people and National / local private sector

G. Information about the sustainability of use

Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered unsustainable

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species

- To conduct detail research on the biology, ecology, phenology, and sylviculture to better refine standards and management parameters that should sustain the exploitation and trade of Bubinga and Wengé species in Cameroon; - to conduct good and sound forest inventories to better appreciate the distribution area, density and the possibility (volume) of Bubinga and Wengé species; - to promote the use and trade on other tree species with similar properties as to reduce the pressure on Bubinga and Wengé species;; - if necessary, to define some quotas for export products; - to strengthen the forest control strategy by increasing the number of controllers at the exit points and equipping forest officers with adapted materials (GPS, Turaya cell phones, vehicles, bikes, etc.) to better tackle illegal logging and export; - to strengthen the capacities of forest officers for the identification of Bubinga and Wengé species at all levels including logs and sawn wood; - to train forest officers in the gathering and management of trade data on both legal and illegal wood; - to allow villagers to easily exploit their Bubinga trees by easing the procedures of getting “special permits” and/or promoting the development of community forests in the distribution area of Bubinga and Wengé; - to train both forest and custom officers in the procedures of control of forest products and to encourage their collaboration in the procedures of loading containers and boarding; - to assess the real density and strengthen the conservation of Bubinga and Wengé in protected areas; Campo ma’an national park should be targeted; - to put in place a framework of collaboration between public and private stakeholders involved in the management and use of Bubinga and Wengé.

Record source

Information about the record source: grey_lit

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Date of record entry: 2023-09-20