Gervais Wafo Tabopda et Gilbert David, Int. J. Adv. Stud. Int. J. Adv. Stud. Res. Africa, 2010, 1(2): 83-98. Available from: http://www.africascience.org/ Abstract In 1992, African states pledged to promote and modernize the structures responsible for the management and conservation of natural resources. Since, there was a strong desire to adapt regulatory and legal frameworks in environmental matters. This commitment is illustrated by the creation of ministries of environment and through the establishment of a new law on protection of resources. The new provisions facilitate interactions between different actors involved, including local communities and NGOs. This is the case of Cameroon, who will write a new Forestry Act in 1994, in accordance with the requirements of the international community, and set a target among others, increasing protected areas to 30% of the country. However, this laudable ecologically project goes by when butter is the vital interests of local population...