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Abstract
Mangrove stands in the Western and Central African countries especially that of Cameroon are declining due to diverse drivers. Actually, Rhizophora racemosa stands in the Cameroon Estuary have been degraded through over-exploitation for fish smoking, pole-wood extraction and fuel wood harvesting by local people in the midst where there is no specific law protecting this ecosystem. Recently, community-based mangrove replanting efforts facilitated by the Cameroon Wildlife Conservation Society in the Douala-Edea Reserve (
Key words: Cameroon wildlife conservation society (CWCS), foreign nationals, communities out-plant, mangrove (Rhizophora racemosa), Douala-Edea Reserve (
Abbreviation
CWCS, Cameroon Wildlife Conservation Society; DER, Douala-Edea Reserve; COPVAM-French acronym, Village Mangrove Restoration Steering Committee; PDM, participatory data matrix; χ2, Pearson's chi-square; Rs, Spearman’s correlation; d.f, degree of freedom; Probability, (P at either *Significant at α=95% or **Significant at α=99.5%).
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