. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa. Forest Management the pygmies and other forest peoples, especially in the case of rare animals thought to be endowed with supernatural powers, such as okapi Okapia johnstojii (but see case studies in chapters 5 and 32), chimpanzee and some duikers Cephalophus spp., are now gradu- ally being abandoned in the face of increasing commercialisation and the need for money to purchase consumer goods. As a consequence of the low intensity of logging in Africa, conflicts with local people are limited. The widespread animosity between log- gers and f
. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa. Forest Management the pygmies and other forest peoples, especially in the case of rare animals thought to be endowed with supernatural powers, such as okapi Okapia johnstojii (but see case studies in chapters 5 and 32), chimpanzee and some duikers Cephalophus spp., are now gradu- ally being abandoned in the face of increasing commercialisation and the need for money to purchase consumer goods. As a consequence of the low intensity of logging in Africa, conflicts with local people are limited. The widespread animosity between log- gers and forest dwellers in Southeast Asia, where people see their livelihoods threatened by the environmental consequences of intensive logging operations, does not exist in Africa. On the contrary, inter- actions may be quite positive, with loggers providing employment, farm-to-market roads, schools and dispensaries. The problem is that, in the absence of any forest management, the logger is bound to move on some day, leaving the infrastructure he created to deteriorate. Localised problems do occur; for instance, in the south of Cameroon concessionaires have been prevented from logging moabi Bmllonetla toxisperma, by a violent reaction from the local population who use the seeds of this species for cooking oil. Another case is the refusal of loggers involved in salvage fellings in cacao areas in Ghana to pay proper compensation to farmers. Little is known about the impact of logging on forest-dwellers such as the pygmies and other tribes living in Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic and Zaire, but colonisation of the forest by Bantu communities attracted by logging infrastructure disrupts locally adapted lifestyles and cultures. In Africa, many tree species, including most of the commer- cially important timbers, are much more wide-ranging than in Southeast Asia and Latin America. Furthermore, many stems of commercial species are left standing during selective logging oper
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