Table 1: Density of large mammal in National Parks and logging concessions in 

 South East Cameroon. 



The number in brackets [ ] is the 95 % confidence limit. 



Surprisingly it was found that the logging areas and the protected areas had complementary roles in the 

 maintenance of species populations. Many large mammals used different parts of the landscape at 

 different periods of the year and moved freely from protected to logged-over areas. In the years 

 following logging, populations of many species peaked in the regenerating forests. Disturbance was 

 good for these species. Of course not all disturbances were beneficial. There is much anecdotal evidence 

 that when logging infrastructure improves access for illegal hunters then considerable declines occur in 

 the diversity and density of wild animal populations. The principal determinant of good outcomes is the 

 quality of management by the concessionaire. Forests managed by companies who are striving for 

 certification of their concessions and who take active measures to protect their forests during and after 

 logging have more abundant and more diverse wildlife than those in forests of concessionaires who do 

 not take any certification-related conservation measures. 



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