Phytodiversity and sustainable Management status of Reforested Sites of the Soudano-Sahelian Zone of Cameroon

Abstract

A study was carried out on the phytodiversity and the sustainable management situation of reforested sites in order to ameliorate the living conditions of the local population of three villages (Kilguim, Going I and Going II) of Kaélé in the Mayo-Kani division. The semi-structured and structured maintenance beside the 200 persons and the registration of the vegetation was done in three villages. Findings revealed higher bushfires practice in sites. Data analysis proved that the practice of bushfires in forbidden or restricted sites (83.50 ± 16.01), the lack of plausibility studies of reforestation projects associating local populations (78.50 ± 13.99), insufficiency of bore holes for constant water supply for the follow up of the reforestation (76.00 ± 19.10), lack of specialized structures in the reforestation domain (72.83 ± 13.03), the insufficiency of sensitization on the importance of reforestation (71.67 ± 27.55) and the cutting of wood (68.00 ± 12.17) are real problems that the reforestation sites faces. The confiscation of land for reforestation without any alternative measure taken for the assurance of alimentary security and firewood of the population is the major cause of the dissatisfaction of the riverine population. The death rate is pretty elevated in the Kilguim site (15%) because of the lack of maintenance in reforested sites. The Shannon index is very high in the Going I site (2.71bits) because it is less perturbed by anthropic activities. Vegetation presents a structure in the form of a bell or cloche in prohibited sites translate a heterogeneity of the milieu because of anthropic perturbations. The durable management plan was opted for the management of reforestation sites.