Comment les villageois nomment-ils et s'approprient-ils leurs espaces ressources? Description d'un socio-écosystème en pays Yambassa, Cameroun

Abstract

The comprehension of the relations that human society have with their environment helps to anticipate the obstacles to rural development measures planned thanks to the comprehension of local mechanisms governing access to land and resources. This study describes the land tenure, typology of space and land uses in a densely populated village (65 inhabitants/km2) located 100 km north of Yaoundé and populated by citizens of the ethnic subgroup Gunu. The land tenures are strong and go up to the official recognition of private property. Any relaunch of the cocoa sector will take place in highly contested areas, and perhaps at the expense of the last remnants of natural formations with a major effect on gender division of labor and land appropriation.