Mapping our future
Concept for developing a multi-partner programme,
common methods and mapping platform for
sustainable land use planning in Cameroon
Submitted to the Ministry of Economy Planning and Land Use
Planning (MINEPAT) on X June 2016 by … [list of partners]
Annex to Memorandum of Understanding between partners who
have voluntarily committed to support a collaborative programmatic
approach
1. Introduction
The Cameroon Government is currently seeking to promote multi-sectoral land use planning in
the context of the 2011 Orientation Law on Land Management & Sustainable Development
(the “Land Use Planning” or LUP Law), and the new Rural Development Strategy.
There has been limited experience of drafting land use plans in Cameroon or the wider region
that reconcile the various interests in land, in a balanced and negotiated manner.
At the same time, the urgency and resolution to promote sustainable land management and
reduce deforestation have increased. The competition for land has increased, with notably
foreign companies seeking large tracts of land (10,000 ha and above) for agricultural
development; the Ministry of State Lands (MINDCAF) that has since 2012 engaged in a
nationwide process to identify and reserve large areas of land to offer to future investors; and
national investors wishing to set up smallholdings of between a few hectares up to a few
thousand hectares. At the same time, clear commitments were made in the UNFCCC Paris
Agreement to address deforestation and land use change, as key pillars of a global strategy to
keep climate change within safe limits and there is a rapidly increasing membership of
companies in the Tropical Forestry Alliance 2020 (TFA2020) who have pledged to achieve zero
deforestation in their supply chains.
Through a series of meetings and workshops held between 2015 and 2016 in the context of
the Cameroon Common Mapping Platform initiative launched in 20151, a number of partners
that work with the MINEPAT have identified the need to work in close consultation with each
other and MINEPAT to build a multi-partner programme that will help to develop a set of
agreed land use planning methods, protocols for standard map layer preparation, and open
and transparent spatial planning tools that better address both social and environmental
concerns as a pre-requisite for responsible governance and management of land.
The aim of this multi-partner programme is to demonstrate the benefits of transparent and
inclusive land use planning processes at the national, regional and local levels. Partners will
include those research institutions collecting data in the field and compiling map layers that
can contribute to land use planning; NGOs that work with local communities to map
community land use; various government departments that compile and manage data sets
about e.g. land allocations (Agricultural, Forestry and Mining Concessions), road and other
infrastructure, biodiversity, carbon stocks, etc.; Government programmes preparing land use
and management plans for designated areas; and private sector who are investing in the area.
These partners will communicate regularly to contribute to common methodologies, share
1
The Cameroon Common Mapping Platform initiative was launched in 2015, following an exchange of
letters between the MINEPAT Minister and the EU Ambassador (letter of 03/02/15). The European
Forest Institute (EFI) funded the feasibility phase under the leadership of the MINEPAT and with the
support of WRI, LTS, RFUK, AJESH, Rainbow Consult and partners. The following meetings have
confirmed the need for a partnership and programmatic approach:
 Common Mapping Platform launch workshops – April 2015 (Buea and Nguti).
 Common Mapping Platform progress workshops – November 2015 (Buea, Nguti, and Yaoundé)
 Common Mapping Platform final workshop – 25th February 2016.
experiences and lessons learned and provide the building blocks for land use planning at local,
regional and national levels. Further detail of the partners to such a program is presented in
Section 3.1.
In particular, building an effective participatory approach to land use planning at the local
(Council) level that balances environmental, social and economic prerogatives is seen as an
essential foundation for successful implementation of the new Rural Development Strategy. A
commitment to this bottom up, participatory approach should be supported by the higher
levels of planning that identify and prioritise national planning targets to guide local decision
making without being overly prescriptive.
The multi-partner programme will also prepare the ground for local, regional and national LUP
processes by contributing to a common mapping platform under the leadership of MINEPAT,
with technical support from WRI.
The factors to be addressed during land use planning are complex and much work remains to
be done to complete data compilation, refine tools and endorse land use planning processes
for wider adoption. The multi-partner collaboration will build on the existing work, to develop
new (or improved) data layers, a suite of decision support tools, and clearly defined processes
to facilitate legitimate and credible participatory land use planning in Cameroon at various
geographical scales, in particular finding ways to integrate the interests and concerns of local
communities adequately in such planning process.
2. Underlying design principles
The following principles have guided the partners to develop this joint concept:
Programmatic approach and leveraging: While each partner will secure its own funding, all
partners will continue to foster evolution of, and contribute to a Government-endorsed
“programme” to establish a Common Mapping Platform to be developed and shared by all
partners, and a multi-stakeholder approach to land use planning. This Programme will consist
of a set of components and defined work packages that are implemented, or can be adopted
by specific institutions subject to funding availability. The key government actors are listed in
Annex 1. A draft list of the initiatives of Technical and Financial Partners that are important
components of this programmatic approach is presented in
Annex 2. Private Sector and NGOs are listed in Annexes 3 and 4
Building constructive relationships: Emphasis will be on continuing to build inter-sectoral,
inter-agency, inter-donor and public-private relationships towards defining and developing
data and tools to support land use planning which responds to the multiple needs of all actors,
with priority on local communities. Approaches will be endorsed by stakeholders prior to
formal adoption by relevant Government bodies (such as the National Council for Land Use
Planning envisaged in the 2011 Orientation Law – which should be established as soon as
possible as the key government institution that will coordinate the programme), and the
Comité Multi-Partenaires (CMP) which is a coordination mechanism that brings MINEPAT and
development partners together on a regular basis.
Piloting from the bottom-up: The partners in this joint initiative are committed to developing
methods for participatory (local) land use planning at the scale of the smallest administrative
unit – i.e. one or more Municipalities. It is at this scale that the 2011 Law envisages that the
primary stakeholders, i.e. rural people, are legally entitled to develop their own land use plan.
It is also at this scale that the challenges are concrete and tangible, field data can be collected
and analysed to see if remote sensed data makes sense. It is also at this level that the
magnitude of the land use planning challenge can be intellectually digested. Error! Reference
source not found. presents a summary of the land use planning instruments envisaged at the
different geographical scales.
This bottom up tactical approach compliments MINEPAT’s current investment in preparing
National and Regional Land Use Schemas, which are strategic in nature, and can guide and
inform local decisions about land. The respective functions of national, regional and local
planning and the linkages between them will be explored and explicit recommendations made
for their harmonization.
Mainstreaming pilot lessons to reach scale: Once a satisfactory approach to local level
planning has been fine-tuned, and officially endorsed, it can serve as an example and
inspiration for others to follow. Priority should be given to municipalities across the country in
which a major development proposal is in the pipeline, or a development opportunity is
identified and a participatory land use plan is required to test local support, and ensure that
the interests of local communities are understood and protected, before the scope, nature and
spatial extent of such a project is fixed. Avoidance of conflicts before they occur is the central
tenet of this approach.
Flexible and demand driven responsiveness: Participatory land use planning involves first
understanding the local realities, challenges, opportunities and aspirations, identifying multiple
scenarios for future land use, and exploring the implications of the various options for
different stakeholders. As such, it must respond to stakeholder demand and the realities on
the ground. The approach will also need to remain flexible to accommodate new partners
intervening in the sector and a growing understanding of the new institutional and legal
framework being developed by government. This requires a framework in which a “menu” of
work packages can be defined with stakeholders, updated regularly, and then distributed or
contracted to relevant institutions or experts.
Timeframe: The compilation of relevant data, tools and methods for participatory land use
planning is an iterative pursuit involving conceptualising, testing, and revising the multipartner Programme and “Theory of Change” (as defined above) in response to stakeholder
feedback and lessons learned. This requires commitment to an approach beyond the duration
of a short-term project. The initiative will therefore adopt a five-year timeframe (2016-2020),
even where individual partners may have project-type funding for a shorter engagement.
3. Scope of activities
This multi-partner programmatic approach is designed to support MINEPAT in the
implementation of the Schéma National, the Plan de Zonage National, and the series of 10
Schemas Régionaux that are on-going, or have been recently launched by MINEPAT. The
Programme would build on the foundation and successes of existing programmes and
collaborations such as the joint initiative to develop a Common Mapping Platform (piloted by
MINEPAT with support from EFI, WRI, LTS, RFUK, AJESH, etc.).
The partners to the joint initiative will continue to advise MINEPAT and partners on tools and
approaches to assist with spatial planning around land use decisions.
The programme will consist of a set of 8 components:
1. Catalyse the development of a programmatic approach for land use planning and its
mainstreaming via communication actions.
2. Finalise protocols for data collection for adoption by relevant agencies;
3. Extend spatial data collection, compilation and processing.
4. Integrate all data layers into the MINEPAT-hosted WRI-supported online Common
Mapping platform.
5. Continue building functionality (analytical tools that facilitate land use planning) in the
mapping platform
6. Develop guidelines (“lignes directrices”) for all levels of land use planning (SNADDT,
SRADDT, and PLADDT) and clarify how they align / inter-relate
7. Conduct participatory land use planning to showcase the use of agreed protocols and
methods and positive impacts
8. Build capacity of all stakeholders to use the protocols and mapping tools platform in
the land use planning process.
These are detailed below.
3.1
Catalyse and communicate a programmatic approach
Consultation with stakeholders2 confirms a strong interest to put in place a common multiactor programmatic framework for action in participatory land use planning that recognises
and respects local community interests. To achieve sustainable land management,
collaboration is required with a broad range of partners that are already engaged in Land Use
Planning or efforts to develop sustainable commodity production. A preliminary list of these
stakeholders is presented in Annex 1 (Government Institutions),
Annex 2 (Development Partners), Annex 3 (Private Sector) and Annex 4 (National Civil Society
Organisations). The core coalition of development partners that are already interested to play
a role in this common initiative will identify and reach out to other actors investing in the land
sector in Cameroon. The list of partners will therefore be extended as work progresses and
2
The concept of a collaborative approach was strongly supported at the final workshop of Phase 1 of
the Common Mapping Platform project supported by EFI in Buea on 25 th February 2016 and at the
national launch of the International Forest & Land Tenure Facility Project in Yaoundé on 29 th Feb – 1st
March 2016.
interest in the coalition builds. Each partner will identify what it can offer to the multi-partner
programme.
Partners who wish to support the common initiative will sign a common Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) that defines the voluntary and flexible nature of the common initiative,
lays out a simple mechanisms for coordination and communication a) between partners, and
b) between partners and MINEPAT, which will in turn coordinate government Ministries and
agencies in a similar manner. A diagram of this concept is presented below. Figure 1 shows
the coordination at National Level. Figure 2 shows how this coordination would be replicated
at regional level during preparation and implementation of a Regional Schema
d’Aménagement et Développement Durable du Territoire (SRADDT).
Figure 1. Concept for coordination between coalition partners and Government at National Scale
Government Agencies
Non-Government
Partners
Periodic exchange
Coordinates technical ministries:
•MINFOF
•MINADER
•MINEPDED
•MINEPIA
•MINIMIDT
•MINTP
•MINADT
•Add
(Chef de File - to be agreed)
Coordinates development partners:
•EFI/ LTS /Rainbow Project
•BGR
•Tenure Facility Project (Rainbow)
•WRI
•Other PTFs as appropriate (EU,
French and German Cooperation)
Non-government partners:
•FODER
•RFUK
•CED
And technical institutions:
- INC
- INS
- IRGM
- IRAD
- Add
And private sector partners
Regular coordination meetings
Regular coordination meetings
MINEPAT DGPAT / DATZF
(Chef de File), supported by
GIZ Land Use Planning TA, WRI
and the contrated Cabinets
preparing SNADDT, PZN,
SRADDT.
Figure 2. Concept for coordination between Government and partners at Regional Scale (South West
for illustration)
Conseil Régional (not yet established)
Comité de Pilotage Régional pour le SRADDT
(wiill be established in each Region)
Regular coordination meetings
MINEPAT will coordinate other technical Delegations:
•PNDP
•MINFOF (supported by e.g. PSMNR (MINFOF/GFA/WWF/WCS)
•MINADER
•MINEPDED
•MINEPIA
•MINIMIDT
•MINTP, etc.
Technical institutions (where dececentralised):
- INC
- INS
- IRGM
- IRAD, etc
Non-Government Partners (e.g. for South West Region).
•EFI / LTS / Rainbow Project
•VGGT Project implemeters
•Regional NGOs, etc.
Private Sector partners:
•Telcar
•CDC
•PAMOL
•SGSOC, Etc.
Regular coordination meetings
Supported by MINEPAT Regional Delegation, Cellule pour
l'Aménagement de Territoire and Cabinets preparing SRADDT on
behalf of MINEPAT
A first step will be to bring these diverse actors together to present the concept of a common
programmatic framework, and to gradually build a Theory of Change (ToC). This ToC will be
developed by partners and will describe clearly what change is desired in terms of land use and
land governance outcomes and the set of land use planning interventions to be implemented
by the multiple partners to bring about the desired change. This ToC will present explicit, and
realistic assumptions. The ToC will be founded on a thorough diagnostic phase to understand
the status quo, situation on the ground and bigger picture (national and regional level
processes and orientations affecting local processes).
The process will aim to build national ownership by encouraging all state and non-state actors
to contribute to the concept and implementation of the Programme and ToC – which will
remain flexible and evolve, guided by experience and evidence gathered along the way.
Periodic meetings will be organised during the evolution of the collaborative programme to
further review, revise and improve the ToC, with the goal of building an increasing number of
actors that are prepared to contribute to and exchange information about their work towards
the common goal.
Coordination and involvement of various actors will be considered at all the various different
levels of land use planning, i.e. local, regional and national, as well as between these different
governance levels.
Regular communication between these actors using appropriate channels and media will be a
key aspect of building consensus and buy-in. A Communication plan will be developed early in
the programme that will define tasks to be implemented by different partners, including
external communication.
Delivery of all components of the Programmatic Approach will be a shared responsibility of all
parties. The success of the joint initiative will be assessed in terms of the general commitment
and engagement of the various stakeholders to the common vision and Theory of Change and
adoption of a coherent approach to promoting responsible land management.
3.2
Adoption of protocols for data collection to support land use planning
A draft set of Protocols for data collection, analysis and publication has been prepared under
the first phase of the Cameroon Common Mapping Platform initiative. Additional protocols
(e.g. for participatory mapping) will be developed by other initiatives. Some but not all of these
protocols should be adopted by relevant institutions (both Government and Non-Government)
to ensure consistent application and stakeholder acceptance during land use planning. A list of
proposed protocols to be developed is presented in Annex 6.
Draft protocols will be tested, lessons drawn and integrated, and refined protocols shared with
the relevant / mandated authorities with a view to having them endorsed and adopted as
standards to be used in land use planning.
Where possible, emerging good practices will be integrated into national definitions of High
Conservation Values (HCV) to be used by e.g. RSPO, TFA2020 and Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC).
Data protocols will address issues of data collection, validation, storage, security and data
sharing that will define who has access to edit, or read data and how data collection and
storage will be funded in the long term.
3.3
Extend data collection, compilation and processing
Improved data layers will allow ecological, social and economic values to be considered in
unison when making land use planning decisions, enabling a transparent and open decision
process. Coalition partners will use agreed protocols to extend data collection in priority
Municipalities of interest, in preparation for actual local land use planning.
Where the need for new data layers is identified (for example an updated “land cover map” or
“soils map”), additional protocols may be developed, and a costed ‘work-package’ designed to
collect and analyse data. Annex 5 presents a draft list of data layers needed for land use
planning with likely source of information, and where considered appropriate, the relevant
authorities that may endorse / adopt them.
Depending on available funds from MINEPAT/GoC, and coalition partners, field data collection
will be extended to cover priority municipalities. To the extent possible existing data will be
compiled for entire Regions where SRADDTs are being prepared and at the National level for
the SNADDT. Where none of the existing coalition partners have provided funds to compile
such data, co-funding and collaboration will be sought wherever possible.
3.4 Integrate all data layers into the MINEPAT-hosted online common
mapping platform and/or online map libraries
Under Phase 1 of the Common Mapping Platform, LTS and WRI prepared a beta-version Land
Use Planning Platform that adapted the existing MINFOF Forest Atlas Platform with new layers
and functionalities. Once validated by MINEPAT, this platform will be hosted under the
MINEPAT domain name. Agreement will also need to be reached on responsibilities and
procedures for data submission and validation. The transfer of the platform to a MINEPAT
domain name, and agreement on processes and responsibilities for data validation will be
negotiated during the preparatory steps for a new phase, during the course of 2016 and will be
a key pre-requisite for the project to continue.
Some layers will be ‘hard-wired’ into the Platform to allow common analyses to be run by all
users. Data layers that may be of interest only to specialist users, or for specific one-off
purposes, can be updated to the Platform or online map library, for viewing, but not analysis.
WRI will also explore and agree with data hosts (such as Ministries, Research Institutions,
NGOs, etc.) on options for publishing relevant map layers online as “web map services’3 or in
an online map library for download and use by specialists in ‘bespoke’ analyses on e.g. Desktop
GIS.
3
Web Map Service (WMS) is a standard protocol for serving geo-referenced map images over the
Internet that are generated by a map server using data from a GIS database
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Map_Service
3.5
Continue building functionality in mapping platform
Coalition partners will collaborate with stakeholders to define a demand-driven selection of
relevant data layers to be uploaded to the Portal and functionalities to be coded into the
standard menus of the online mapping platform for the purposes of land use planning.
Consultation with stakeholders at the beginning of 2016 (Buea, 25th Feb 2016) provided some
preliminary guidance on functions to be developed. These are summarised in Annex 5.
Analytical functionalities of the platform will include the identification of the area in Region X /
Municipality Y that remains unallocated, and is suitable for e.g. crop A, B and C; land use
opportunities, potential conflicts between land uses, and trade-offs between options.
However, it is recognised that some functions are probably not best performed on an online
Web Map Portal. A first exercise will therefore be to determine what is feasible, and realistic
to integrate into the online portal, and what is more efficiently or more cost-effectively done
‘offline’ (including notably the analysis of socio-economic impacts of alternative land use
scenarios with the LTS simple scenario builder and the EFI Land-use Planner). Procedures for
offline analyses will also be prepared, for cases where data analysis is not possible online.
3.6
Develop local land use planning guidelines
In the MoU, the coalition partners are requesting a mandate from MINEPAT to provide support
to the technical units of MINEPAT to draft guidelines on local land use planning process for
testing, under MINEPAT’s supervision, following an agreed process.
In particular, agreement between Government and civil society on a set of principles and
approaches to minimise social conflicts will be an essential component of the guidelines. This is
crucial in the context of respecting the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of
Tenure (Committee on World Food Security and FAO, 2012).
The consolidation of local land use planning guidelines will be based on a participatory process,
which will include the clarification of:

Roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders, including the
- The elected Mayor and Councillors
- Chiefs / Elders / Traditional Councils / special representatives (Youth,
Women)
- Local community members (who are not in above list)
- Elites of the community / municipality living outside
- Local NGOs
- Contracted service provider supporting the Council to prepare the LUP;
- Local Government services (Delegations of e.g. Agriculture, Forestry,
- LUP Facilitator – this may need to be a trained expert who has no stake
and can perform an entirely neutral role.
N.B. This list will be reviewed, extended and subject to a thorough
Stakeholder Analysis at the beginning of the LUP process.

What information will be required to conduct local land use planning;

3.7
The relationship between PLADDT and higher-level Regional Schemas (SRADDT),
and National “Schéma” (SNADDT) and what decisions will / will not be taken at
each level.
Conduct participatory land use planning to test protocols and methods
The joint initiative will:
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Test draft guidelines in at least 5 Municipalities, during local land use planning over the
next two years (2016-2017);
Develop a land use plan that is endorsed by the Council and by the relevant authorities
in at least 1 municipality in 2017, and 4 more municipalities by 2019;
Prepare micro-zoning maps / land use plans for selected village communities,
describing future resource management for each zone.
A preliminary outline of a proposed guideline for local land use planning, with key stages and
sub-steps is attached in Annex 7. On the basis of the pilot testing, the guidelines will be
reviewed, revised and presented to MINEPAT for final adoption.
3.8
Build local capacity
At the Buea Workshop (25th February 2016), stakeholders identified a clear demand for
capacity building to be able to:
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Standardise data collection using protocols
Upload data using online tools (including SIGAT, OpenStreetMap, possibly Moabi).
Train key Council staff to use the online mapping tool;
Facilitate Local Land Use Planning –specialist neutral facilitators
Train local NGOs how to support communities to prepare for, and participate in the
Local Land Use Planning process local NGOs.
Train community members to prepare, and use mapping tools and maps.
Training and support for people to collect standardised information, and how to use the
platform will be facilitated through:


An offline version that everyone could use on their laptop
Periodical paper maps for people to understand what is going on
This could be done by a local NGO, local administration communal local technicians in addition
to the MINEPAT.
4. Indicators and Milestones:
The following table is illustrative only for the first 24 months and will be refined with the
development of the common theory of change.
Date
September
2016
A common mapping platform (with functionalities for informing a
land use planning process) launched, under the leadership of
MINEPAT, with support from other sectors
By October
2016
A method for participatory local land use planning is drafted with
coalition partners that integrates customary rights and local uses into
the planning process in a manner that is satisfactory to all. The
method is submitted to MINEPAT for adoption
By April 2017
Good progress in the official land use planning process in at least 1
Municipality
By April 2017
Sufficient general data on the platform to support the regional level
Land Use Planning and other Municipal level plans with general data
By April 2018
A first draft council level LUP completed, to serve as a model of
inclusiveness and transparency (complementary funds allowing).
By June 2018
The Common Mapping Platform is supporting the planning process in
at least 2 other hotspot municipalities, and preparation of the
Regional Schéma for Land management and sustainable
development.
Annex 1. Main national and local government institutions with role in Land Use Planning
Institution
Ministère
de
l’Economie,
Planification
d’Aménagement du Territoire (MINEPAT) :
Cellule de Cartographie
Cellule d’Appui à la Planification Régional et Local
et
Contracted Consulting Firms for PZN, SNADTT,
SRADDTs
Ministère des Domaines du Cadastre et des Affaires
Foncières (MINDCAF)
Projet d’Appui à la Modernisation du Cadastre
(PAMOCA)
Ministère de l’Administration Territoriale et de la
Décentralisation (MINADT) ;
Mandate
Coordinates the Rural Development Sector, and Land Use
Planning,
Prepares guidelines (National Sector Planning, Land Use
Planning)
Holds data relevant to Land Use Planning
Preparation of Plan de Zonage, Schéma National and
Schemas Régionaux
MINDCAF is responsible for land tenure reform.
PAMOCA is preparing a digital cadaster for Cameroon.
Ministère de l’Environnement, la Protection de la
Nature et de Développement Durable (MINEPDED) –
Direction du Développement des Politiques
Environnementales.
REDD+ Technical Secrétariat.
Ministère des Travaux Publics (MINTP) Roads Planning
Unit
Local Councils:
DDPE has mandate to prepare ‘norms’ for studies to define
environmental and social safeguards during ESIAs (and land
use planning?)
REDD+ TS is preparing a SESA for REDD+, which includes
social and environmental safeguards.
Institut National de Cartographie (INC)
Rural Development Sector (MINADER, MINEPDED,
MINEPIA, MINFOF)
Prepare base maps
Sub-sectoral plans.
Propose land allocations.
Provide technical services to local producers.
Prepare Local Land Use Plans
Role in Programme
Coordinate sectoral Ministries.
Support MINEPAT land use planning process.
Use pilot municipalities to test system to compile
rural and holdings in preparation for land use
planning?
Define Administrative boundaries. Clarify role of
Collectivités Traditionnels” in administering village
land and preparing land use plans.
Coordinate sector Ministries to agree on standard
protocols for data collection on environmental and
social safeguards, including during ESIA and land
use planning.
Maintain and share up-to-date roads layer, and
contribute data to accessibility maps.
Use Nguti, Mundemba, Akwaya and other councils
as pilot areas.
Provide / validate base maps for LUP.
Technical guidance to local council and local
stakeholders.
Annex 2. Development Partners and their potential roles in a programmatic framework to land use planning and land management
Each partner’s ‘presentation form’ as presented in Annex 1 of the draft MoU describes what they contribute to the partnership. This table summarises this
information.
Partner
Funding
Government Partners
BGR
BMZ
Main: INS, which is
under MINEPAT.
Other:
INC??
IRGM,
CIRAD
??
IRAD??
Programme de l'UE au
soutien
de
la
gouvernance
responsable des régimes
fonciers à travers la
promotion des VGGT.
EU
Not specified
IIASA
FPCF
Readiness
Non-Government
Partners
IRAD,
Main objectives of project
Role
in
framework
programmatic
Spatial planners have harmonized and
quality assured data, information and
thematic maps of geophysical resources,
especially soil, as a basis for better spatial
planning decisions.
Compilation of data layers;
capacity building;
Development of protocols for
geophysical data layers…
To be determined
Preparation of Crop Suitability Maps
To be competitively
contracted
Specific Objective: "to improve the
governance of land, fisheries and forests in
line with the VGGT and with a particular
focus on female and male smallholder
farmers and other disadvantaged sections of
populations". Follow link for details:
To be determined
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EFI
REDD
funds
MINEPDED
Technical
REDD
Facility
??
Prepare accessibility and cost of transport
maps.
Prepare a palm oil suitability map for South
West Cameroon under phase 1. Could be
Develop
accessibility
and
transport cost maps with which
to
model
drivers
of
deforestation in the ER-PIN
Partner
Funding
Government Partners
Non-Government
Partners
Main objectives of project
Role
in
programmatic
framework
pilot area of S, E, and Central
Cameroon.
extended nationwide
IITA
International
Coalition (ILC)
Land
??
IRAD
EU, IFAD, Swiss
Agency
for
Development &
Cooperation,
SIDA, Netherlands
Ministry
of
Foreign Affairs
Not
specified
MINDCAF??
-
??
Preparation of a regional soil
Preparation of Crop Suitability Maps
MBOSCUDA,
CED,
ACDIC, and COMINSUD
The NES has four strategic objectives:
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


map.
To influence the ongoing policy reform
process to ensure that the resulting
framework is more responsive to the
needs of vulnerable groups;
To contribute to the improvement of
pro-poor land rights administration;
To strengthen the capacity of
communities to play a frontline role in
negotiating, protecting, and defending
their land rights;
To strengthen the capacities of civil
society to ensure good land governance
and to defend land access and
ownership rights of vulnerable
communities.
To be determined
Provide
forum
for:
endorsement of Theory of
Change for land use planning;
presentation of draft land use
planning
guidelines
and
relevant protocols.
Follow
link
for
more
details:
http://www.landcoalition.org/sites/default/f
iles/documents/resources/cameroon_count
ry_strategy.pdf
LTS,
Consortium
Rainbow
EFI is providing
‘seed money’ and
conceptual
guidance
to
‘catalyse’ other
investments and
Exchange of letters
between
EU
Ambassador
(Nov
2014) and Minster
MINEPAT (Feb 2015) –
RFUK, etc.
Contribute to a Government-endorsed
“programme’ to establish a Common
Mapping Platform to be developed and
shared by all partners, and a multistakeholder approach to land use planning.
Prepare first draft of a
programmatic approach and
common Theory of Change for
LUP.
Provide
managerial
oversight, and seek additional
resources to bear on the
Partner
Oxford
Observatory
Plants
ProForest:
Tropical
Forest Alliance 2020
Africa Programme
Funding
Government Partners
engagements but
remains a minor
funder.
update for Phase 2.
EFI
MINREST,
Herbarium
DFID, other
MINADER ???
Continue working with Nguti municipality as
a first pilot case, compiling data layers in
preparation for a land use planning process.
Role
in
programmatic
framework
common challenge of coherent
participatory land use planning
in a programmatic way.
TroPEG, other
Compile existing botanical data sets into
national map of plant diversity hotspots
Prepare draft protocol for
adoption by Herbier National
???
Integrating the TFA2020 concept for
responsible investment in commodity
production and commitment to zero
deforestation within an overarching
programmatic approach to sustainable land
management.
Strengthen linkages between
TFA 2020 and participatory
Land Use Planning.
MINEPAT ???
OPM ???
ProPSFE
GIZ
MINEPAT
PSMNR
KfW
MINFOF
Use
KfW – via Fonds
Commun?
MINEDPED
MINEPAT
RFUK Mapping and
Forest
Governance
(MFG) Programme
DFID:
Forests
Governance,
Markets
&
Climate (FGMC)
Programme
???
REDD+
Land
Planning Project
National
Non-Government
Partners
Main objectives of project
Integrating “protocols’ within
HCV standards
Provision of Technical advisor on Land Use
Planning to MINEPAT.
WWF, WCS
and
Promoting participatory Wildlife Corridor
management in Akwaya and Mundemba
Council areas, and integrating these into
local land use plans.
Implementation modalities not yet clear, but
likely that part of the budget will be
tendered for a) Regional Land Use Plan
(North and SW) and b) Local Land Use
Planning in 2+ Municipalities in each of
North and South West Regions.
FODER, AJESH, and ???
Rolling out Community Mapping to more
sites and refining mapping for priority
Communities in preparation for local land
use planning at Council level (PLADDT) and
village level land use plans (micro-zoning);
Develop protocols for wildlife
corridor design.
Partner
Funding
Government Partners
Non-Government
Partners
Main objectives of project
The Tenure Facility,
managed in-country by
Rainbow Environment
RRI
???
Many Civil
Organisations
national
international
FPP, add…).
Refining the process of participatory
mapping, and testing arbitration methods
and processes to resolve inter-community
overlaps of ‘customary land’, Push for clear
recognition of Community land by Ministry
of
Lands.
–
see
http://thetenurefacility.org/projects/camero
on/
WRI
Various
MINEPAT
–
via
Protocole
d’Accord
signed Feb 2016
Society
(list?),
and
(RFUK,
Put in place a database on land use planning
for Cameroon.
Building capacity within MINEPAT.
Role
in
framework
programmatic
Define, develop and test new
functionalities on a new
Common Mapping Platform
that are geared towards local
land
use
planning
(i.e.
prepared by Councils, as
envisaged in the 2011 Law).
Annex 3. Major private sector partners in South West Region with potential role / interest in Land Use Planning.
Private Sector Actor
Main Objectives
Role in Programme / land use planning
CDC
Agro-industrial commodity production
(Oil Palm, Rubber, Banana). Creation
of rural employment
Contribution of data
Commitment to preparation of local land use plans in areas targeted by expansion projects (at
council level – PLADDT, and microzoning within and around concession area).
Participate in preparation of local land use plans, providing relevant data.
PAMOL
Agro-industrial commodity production
(Oil Palm).
Creation of rural employment
Contribution of data
Commitment to preparation of local land use plans in areas targeted by expansion projects (at
council level – PLADDT, and microzoning within and around concession area).
Participate in preparation of local land use plans, providing relevant data.
SGSOC
TELCAR –
country
company
Add
Cargill’s inoperating
Oil Palm production
Creation of rural
Trade in Sustainable Cocoa
Roll out zero deforestation commitment through the Cocoa sector.
Achievement of good practise micro-zoning in production zones to which collaborating Councils and
famer cooperatives can commit, and to provide the assurance to auditors that deforestation is not
leaking to nearby farms / municipalities
Annex 4. Local Civil Society partners in South West Region with role / interest in Land Use Planning.
NB draft list prepared at Buea Workshop, 25th February – requires further work.
Civil Society Partner
Traditional Chiefs
Traditional councils,
Development Agents
Village Management committees
Women
Youth
Local NGOs
Elites
Mandate
Role in Land Use Planning
Annex 5. List of layers to integrate into Geodatabase to support functionalities
Source
–
Responsible
Institution
INC, MINADT
Support
institution
build layer
WRI
PNDP
WRI tbc
MINDCAF is the
official source
for maps of
land tenure*
MINDCAF
MINFOF,
MINADER,
MINEE
MINTP
Type
Layer
Institutions whose endorsement is
sought for data compilation protocol
Administrative
and legal
boundaries
Various
(settlements
population, social
and transport
infrastructure)
Legal boundaries
Regional and Municipal boundaries – corrected / updated.
MINADT / INC
Review Plans Communaux de Développement / Council Development
Plans and databases held by PNDP. Extract spatial data relevant to
land use and integrate into relevant data layer. Explore use of
MINEPAT’s spatial database “SIGAT” as host for such data.
MINEPAT Cartographic Unit (noting
that PNDP is a programme under
MINEPAT)
Legal boundaries for rural land holdings. Use Nguti as a test case to
see how cadastral data can be compiled and managed for rural areas
To allow queries of areas of existing legal tenure by type of tenure)
for each ‘area of interest’ – actual (as Polygons for display and as
Raster Layer, with a unique value per e.g. 1ha pixel for analysis.
Each Pixel will be codified according to legal status (e.g. Protected
Forest, Agricultural Concession, etc.) to simplify analysis of legal
status for any Area of Interest.
*Where land holdings are not registered in the Cadaster or not yet
available to the public, obtain draft maps from other reliable source.
See for example the “GFW Commodities” Portal.
Réseau géodésique national
MINDCAF + PAMOCA (Projet d’appui à
la Modernisation du Cadastre). A
project led by MINDCAF but involving
other Ministries (MINEPAT and…. ).
to
National Geodetic
Network
Proposals for
future land
allocation and
infrastructural
investment
Proposed land allocations proposed - Where a Ministry or other
institution has made proposals for future land allocation (State,
Council or Community Forests; Mining permits, “Reserves Foncières”,
agricultural concessions) but these are not yet finalised or ‘legalised’;
Proposed new infrastructure - roads, railways, hydro dams, etc.) that
will have an impact on land use.
In the mapping portal, these layers should be clearly distinguished
from existing (legalised) land holdings – current presentation is
MINDCAF will prepare their own
protocol
MINEPAT will request all Ministries to
provide information to them on
sectoral proposals.
MINEPAT will define standards for the
submission and presentation of such
data.
Source
–
Responsible
Institution
MINIMIDT Etc.
Support
institution
build layer
Type
Institutions whose endorsement is
sought for data compilation protocol
confusing.
INS/OSM
Settlements and
population,
?
RFUK
?
RFUK
Customary rights
?
RFUK
Community Points
of Interest
Ministries:
MINFOF,
MINADER,
MINEPDED,
MINEPIA
Herbier
Layer
to
Land Cover
The Oxford Plant
Botanical
Population density / settlements. Reconciled layer using data from
INS, RFUK, PNDP, and count of physical structures in RS imagery.
Customary Land Tenure (Boundaries), based on map developed so
far by Rainforest Foundation UK, resolve overlaps between
Communities via facilitated arbitration process.
MINDCAF
Civil Society Organisations (in particular
those involved in the Tenure Facility)
HCV Resource Network (for e.g. RSPO
and FSC processes);
MINEPDED (+MINAS?) during ESIAs.
 Village “administrative area” – the area recognised by each HCV Resource Network (for e.g. RSPO
village as the space in which they exercise their rights, and that is and FSC processes);
‘administered’ by the village administrative structures (chief, CSOs.
MINEPDED (during ESIAs), MINDCAF,
council of elders, etc).
MINAS?
 Smallholder / family farms
 Sacred sites
 Hunting and NTFP collection areas (cultivated or wild)
 Other customary rights (water catchment…)
Make non-confidential data on Points of Interest publicly available INC
via appropriate Map Service (for example OpenStreetMap) for social
infrastructure such as schools and health centres, physical features
and landmarks, and sites of cultural importance such as churches,
tombs and sacred sites – where not ‘confidential’.
Procure recent satellite imagery and analysis for all targeted No standard Protocol envisaged
Municipalities where local land use planning will take place, and INC should comment on draft methods.
ideally for the entire SW Region (dependent on availability of cloudfree imagery, budget and cost of images / analysis).
This Land Cover Map would be uploaded to WRI’s new Forest Atlas
for access to all users.
Raster File with BioQuality scores, and ‘classes”:
HCV Resource Network (for e.g. RSPO
Source
–
Responsible
Institution
National
and
TroPEG
Support
institution
build layer
Observatory
Various
published
sources
WRI
Carbon stocks
IITA / IRAD
BGR
Soils
MINTP
BGR
IRAD
IRAD
IRAD
IRAD
IRAD
MINTP
MINADER
IIASA / CIRAD
IITA
IITA?
IITA?
LTS/IIASA
LTS/IIASA
Meteorological
Data
Crop agronomic
suitability*
MINTP
+
LTS/IIASA
Type
Layer
Institutions whose endorsement is
sought for data compilation protocol
biodiversity:
 Low:
GHI ≤ 100,
 Medium:
GHI ≥ 100, ≤ 200
 High:
GHI ≥ 200
 Very high
GHI ≥ 300
Compile and analyse additional botanical collection data and produce
a bioquality map for the whole country (1/16th Degree Square ‘grid’)
Carbon stocks in above and below ground biomass.
and FSC processes);
Herbier National (MINRESI);
MINEPDED (during ESIAs);
to
Terrain suitability
Transport network
Economic
suitability
Detailed soil maps in SW Region. In phase 1, lack of soil maps has
been identified as a major constraint to crop suitability mapping and
therefore optimal land use planning.
Compile more accurate data on meteorology that can guide crop
suitability mapping
Oil palm now + future
Cocoa now + future
Food crops now + future
Other crops possibly (coffee, rubber…)
Slope, Ruggedness
Complete the OpenStreetMap data layers of “Highways” for all of
South West Region, tagging them appropriately (OSM Tags: “Access”
“Average Speed”, and “MaxWeight”) to support preparation of a
map of accessibility (time and cost) map.
Market accessibility – time and cost of transport of key commodities
from farm gate to known markets.
REDD+ National Technical Secretariat
(MINEPDED);
High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach
Steering Group
IRAD
Direction de Méteorologie, MINTP
IRAD
IRAD
IRAD
IRAD
MINTP
Seek MINTP buy-in for the Protocol
generated in Phase 1 of EFI project.
*Supported by underlying layers: rainfall, soil, temperature, dry months…
NB: Some of the underlying layers could be hosted in a Map Library that could be turned on or off by the user within the portal (where necessary) or
downloaded to prepare off-line analyses (where useful).
Annex 6 Protocols to be developed, with roles and responsibilities
Protocol
Description
Institution(s) that will ‘approve’ protocol
Biodiversity mapping
Mapping biodiversity hotspots
at the national scale
National Herbarium (MINRESI), and Direction des
Politiques Environnementales (MINEPDED)
Institution(s)
that
will
support
development of the protocol
Oxford University Department of Plant
Science, TroPEG
Mapping biodiversity at the
local scale (for example during
ESIA)
Mapping community land,
current resource use, and
customary
tenure,
and
projected future land needs.
Mapping time & cost to get
from any point to market
Mapping soils
National Herbarium (MINRESI), and Direction des
Politiques Environnementales (MINEPDED)
Oxford University Department of Plant
Science, TroPEG
Direction des Politiques Environnementales (MINEPDED)
in consultation with sectoral ministries and civil society
The International Land and Forest Tenure
Facility
(thetenurefacility.org/projects/Cameroon
) – Method leaders.
IIASA (under contract with MINEPDED),
LTS (under contract with EFI), and…. ?
BGR,
Common method for
Participatory mapping
Accessibility and cost of
transport mapping
Soil and mineral resource
mapping
Water resource mapping
Map watersheds and water
resources
Crop suitability mapping
Wildlife corridor mapping
Population mapping
Mapping wildlife corridors
where large mammals pass
between protected areas that
should be considered during
land use planning.
Mapping
population
by
settlement / Council Area in
preparation for land use
planning
MINTP in consultation with MINEPAT and rural
development sectors
IRAD and IRGM (MINRESI) in consultation with
MINADER.
MINEE?
BGR
IRAD (MINRESI) in consultation with MINADER.
Various (IITA, IIASA, CIRAD, etc).
MINFOF
PSMNR
INS (under MINEPAT)
Annex 7. Step-wise approach for facilitating a land-use planning discussion and developing corresponding functionalities in the common mapping platform
A draft outline of a stepwise land use planning process was prepared by national stakeholders at the Buea Workshop on 25 th February 2016. This will be
developed during the next phase of the project for adoption by MINEPAT.
Phases, steps and activities
A. PREPARATION PHASE (SCOPING)
1. Pre preparatory phase
o Gather basic information about the context and main issues that frame the land use planning exercise.
o Stakeholder analysis – understand likely interest and roles of different stakeholders during the LUP process
(this will be updated throughout the process once more info is available)
o Classification of stakeholder groups (+ thematic issues to be addressed by each group).
o Analyse objectives and priorities set in higher level plans (National Schémas, Regional Schémas where
available) to see how they may guide / influence local land use plan.
2. Sensitization meetings
Responsibility
Contracted experts
Contracted team preparing the LUP.
Contracted team preparing the LUP + MINEPAT.
Divisional Officer + Mayor
institutions + MINEPAT + TOUs.
+
Traditional
o
Sensitize stakeholders on proposed LUP process (specific meetings for different stakeholder groups where
necessary)
o Explain the justification of the exercise, objectives of the process, challenges, etc.
o Gain recognition in the community and support for LUP exercise
3. Train stakeholders
o Train stakeholders on the role they will play in the Land Use Planning Process and how to prepare information
about their respective interest(s) / thematic issue(s), and make use of the available information.
B. DATA COMPILATION AND DIAGNOSTIC PHASE
4. Data compilation and collection
o Identify existing data, and gaps to fill
 Physical data, base map preparation
o
 Existing land tenure situation (state, private and community land holdings)
Complete data collection
 Land cover / land use mapping (remote sensing, field verification, classification etc.)
 Socio-economic surveys (field surveys and focus group discussions)
MINEPAT with LUP facilitator
INC and Technical team (n.b. potential to use
OpenStreetMap).
MINDCAF with inputs from technical ministries.
Contracted expert (following protocol)
Socio-economist
Phases, steps and activities
 Participatory mapping to identify land and resource use / land tenure system

Botanical diversity mapping to identify botanical hotspots

Wildlife surveys / corridor identification

Roads and accessibility
Responsibility
Specialist participatory mapping team (following
adopted protocol)
Specialist botanical survey team (following
adopted protocol)
Specialist wildlife survey team (following adopted
protocol)
Specialist roads / mapping team (following
adopted protocol)
o
o
o
5.
6.
Validate data collected and map layers to be integrated into land use mapping platform
Prepare land suitability maps – for key crops, and potential land uses
Identify areas that are technically, socially and environmentally suitable for e.g. agricultural development (i.e.
soil and climate is suitable, access is sufficient, and there is no conflict with other potential uses)
o Identify areas that are NOT technically, socially and environmentally suitable for development (i.e. areas that
are physically unsuited to development, or environmental, social and cultural values constrain development).
o Identify areas where there is potential conflict between technically feasible land use options, where a
discussion and decision on preferred land use will be needed)
o Summarise analyses (areas of land that are suitable, not suitable etc.)
Trends analysis and projection
o Analyse land use trends
o Conduct needs assessment to identify key priorities for land use plan: –
 project population to e.g. 2060;
 project food demand (local, regional, national);
 project timber, energy and fibre demand (local, regional, national)
 calculate the area of land required to meet future demands, based on reasonable assumptions about
future productivity.
Techno-economic evaluation of various opportunities and options (scenarios)
o Identify priority areas to be allocated to priority land uses to meet planning objectives.
o Identify potential future land use scenarios (may not be spatial)
o Socioeconomic studies (costs and benefits of different land uses for different stakeholders):
 Total economic benefit (expected contribution of plan to local / national / global economy)
 Employment generated (and for whom)
 Distribution of benefits between stakeholder groups (local, national, global)
Contracted team preparing the LUP support local
stakeholders to analyse options using Land Use
Planner (online economic analysis tool)
Phases, steps and activities
o Analyse pros and cons of different land use scenarios: and prepare a summary report.
 How does each scenario contribute to the ‘higher level plans (Nat / Reg. Schémas)?
 What do different stakeholder groups gain/lose under each scenario?
C. NEGOTIATION AND ADOPTION PHASE
7. Negotiations on options
o Review scenarios with stakeholders
o Stakeholders negotiate options on the basis of information about the pros and cons of different scenarios
o Local Stakeholders select preferred land use scenario and justify selection.
o Develop an action plan and budget for implementation of preferred land use scenario(s)
8. Review and Adoption.
o Submission of proposed Local Land Use Plan to (PLADDT) to Regional Council.
o Regional review of proposal,
o Recommendations for any modification
o ‘Visa’ for adoption.
o Revision of plan to taken into account any feedback from “regional review”
o Adoption of Local Land Use Plan by Council
9. Implementation of the land-use plan
o Seek funding to support land use plan.
o Implement plan through partnerships with e.g. government services development partners, private sector,
10. Monitor implementation of LUP and evaluate development impacts
o Monitor progress with implementation by Council and technical services / partners.
o Monitor impact of LUP on municipal development and provide feedback to sectoral ministries
Responsibility
As above
Local stakeholders, facilitated by contracted
team supporting Municipal Council to prepare
LUP.
As above
As above
As above
Municipal Council (Mayor).
Regional Council (envisaged in Constitution but
not yet in place)
Municipal Council (Mayor).
Municipal Council
Municipal Council
Municipal Council
MINEPAT + others tbc