喀麦隆野生动物法院案件分析：2010年1月 – 2022年12月

TRAFFIC REPORT ABOUT US TRAFFIC is a leading non-governmentalorganisation working globally to ensure that trade inwild species is legal and sustainable, for the benefitof the planet and people. Reproduction of material appearing in this reportrequires writtenpermission from the publisher. The designations of geographical entities in thispublication, and the presentation of the material,do not imply the expression of any opinionwhatsoever on the part of TRAFFIC or its supportingorganisations concerning the legal status of anycountry, territory, or area, or of its authorities,or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers orboundaries. Mount Cameroon ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PROJECT SupervisorS Sone Nkoke C Several Government Officials from different entities contributedimmensely to the realisation of this work, and they generallyexpressed the wish to remain anonymous. We wish to thankthese Officials from Cameroon’s Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife(MINFOF), the Ministry of Justice and Keeper of the Seals(MINJUSTICE), Cameroon Customs, Police and Gendarmerie, andextend our appreciation for their assistance. Published by: TRAFFIC International,Cambridge, United Kingdom. SUGGESTED CITATION TRAFFIC, Central Africa Programme Office(2023).Analysis of Wildlife Court Cases in Cameroon,January 2010 – December 2022.TRAFFICInternational, Cambridge, United Kingdom. We thank the Consultants from Green Services Consulting for the2017 – 2022 part of this study and the provision of data on manycourt cases. © TRAFFIC 2023. Copyright of material published inthis report is vested in TRAFFIC. UK Registered Charity No. 1076722 Our gratitude extends to Barrister Tcheugueu Louis Bernard andBarrister Fotie Christian for their elaboration on corruption in thewildlife court case process. We also thank Mr Pele Guy-Patrick,Registrar at the Court of First Instance of Ebolowa; Mr MandaMbarga Axel and Madam Abiom Medang Sandrine, both Registrarsat the Court of First Instance of Bertoua for their availability and forsparing no effort to grant access to court rulings. Design Cressida Stevens This report was made possible with the supportof the US Government through the United StatesDepartment of State Bureau of InternationalNarcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL). Thecontent is the responsibility of the Authors and doesnot necessarily reflect the opinion of INL or the USGovernment. Our appreciation equally goes to Experts from the Last GreatApe Organisation (LAGA) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) forproviding some of the court cases and additional information onthese cases; especially Anoah Ekane Humphrey of WWF for doingthe external peer review. Finally, we thank TRAFFIC staff across the network for their rolein reviewing and designing this document, including StephaniePendry, Denis Mahonghol, Fosab Ewah Esq., Luc Evouna, and LucTedonzong. A grant from INL funded this study. The opinions, findings, andconclusions stated herein are those of the Authors and do notnecessarily reflect those of INL. contents page 5 Executive SummaryResuméIntroduction page 16 WILDLIFE POLICIES AND OTHER REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS Wildlife RegulationsStrengths and WeaknessesProcedure for Wildlife Law Enforcement in Cameroon161824 page 27 RESULTS AND ANALYSIS OF WILDLIFE COURT CASES, JANUARY 2010 - DECEMBER 2022 page 47 ANALYSIS OF LIVE COURT CASES MONITORED UNDER THE SLECC PROJECT page 54 CONCLUSIONSRecommendations page 61 AnnexQuestionnaire for structured interviews page 62 ReferencesEndnotesImage credits ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS EXECUTIVESUMMARY Cameroon, like the other member countriesof the Congo Basin, is renowned for its richbiodiversity. Despite the importance of theseresources, multiple illegal activities lead totheir overexploitation and threaten their long-term survival. Many animal species are thus indanger of extinction or already locally extinct,like the case of rhinoceroses in Cameroon.The reasons for the illegal extraction of thesespecies from the natural environment includeillegal wildlife trade (IWT). The value of IWT isestimated between USD 7 and USD 23 billionper year, making wildlife crime the fourth largestillegal global trade, behind only narcotics,counterfeiting, and human trafficking (Rosen,2020). Cameroon has taken several measures toaddress the threat of extinction of its wildlifeby adhering, on the one hand, to internationalinitiatives such as the Convention onInternational Trade of Endangered Speciesof Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the maininstrument for regulating trade in wildlifespecies at the global level and the Central AfricaForest Commission (COMIFAC), a sub-regionalintergovernmental organisation that works in thesustainable management of forest ecosystems;and on the other hand, by adopting a set oflegislative and regulatory texts at the nationallevel. Under these texts, actions are regularlycarried out by the different agencies in charge oflaw enforcement against offenders, with casestaken