Paolo Cerutti
Biographic Data
| ID | 209931 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paolo Cerutti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paolo |
| FAMILY NAME | Cerutti |
| SIGNATURE | CERUTTI P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Center for International Forestry Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7745-3863 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 211 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Timber trade in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): Effectiveness of timber parks in tackling tax frauds/Commerce du bois dans l'est de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC): effic…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) shares borders with nine countries and has around 150 million hectares of tropical moist forests. A moratorium on logging titles has been in place since 2002 and infrastructure is very poor. The country plans to lift the moratorium and invest in infrastructure as part of the broader East-African road and railway networks. We present a case-study conducted for thirty months (2020– 2022) on timber trade an…
The informal sawn wood value chains in Uganda: Structure and actors
With increasing scarcity and spatial dispersion of tree resources, Uganda's forest sector – similarly to several other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa – has experienced a shift from the large-scale concessionary model historically used to access and harvest forests, to more versatile models involving smaller-scale operators. The timber they produce is sold not only locally in producer countries but also across borders and beyond. Yet small-scale …
Vulnerability and coping strategies within wild meat trade networks during the Covid-19 pandemic
Measures adopted to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and economic shocks caused by the pandemic have affected food networks globally, including wild meat trade networks that support the livelihoods and food security of millions of people around the world. In this article, we examine how COVID-related shocks have affected the vulnerability and coping strategies of different actors along wild meat trade networks. Informed by 1,876 questionnaires carr…
Comparison of local ecological knowledge versus camera trapping to establish terrestrial wildlife baselines in community hunting territories within the Yangambi landscape in the Democratic Republic of…
Baseline population data are fundamental to the development of wildlife management plans and are usually generated based on field surveys using sampling tools such as camera traps (CT). However, this method can be costly and ineffective with rare species or in wildlife-depleted areas. An alternative is to complement baseline wildlife population data with Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK)-based methods. We compared LEK and CT surveys in terms of th…
Understanding Factors that Shape Exposure to Zoonotic and Food-Borne Diseases Across Wild Meat Trade Chains
The rise of zoonotic disease-related public health crises has sparked calls for policy action, including calls to close wildlife markets. Yet, these calls often reflect limited understanding of where, precisely, exposure to risk occurs along wildlife and wild meat trade chains. They also threaten to negatively impact food security and livelihoods. From a public health perspective, it is important to understand the practices that shape food safety…
Reducing Wild Meat Sales and Promoting Local Food Security: Lessons Learnt from a Behavior Change Campaign in Yangambi, Democratic Republic of Congo
Marketing strategies to promote behavioral change are increasingly used to reduce the unsustainable use of wild meat. One of the mayor keys for success of behavior change campaigns lies in the choice of the channel for communication and the messaging. In this research, we present a behavioral change campaign implemented in Yangambi, Democratic Republic of Congo framed around an integrated conservation and development objective: improve food secur…
Spatial distribution and perceived drivers of provisioning service values across an East African montane forest landscape
Increasingly, resource managers and planners seek to manage forested landscapes for the value of the services they provide. This is especially true in the Mau Forest of Kenya, a montane area that harbors some of Kenya’s most important headwaters but has lost a quarter of its forest cover since 1999. While managing for the Mau Forest’s landscape services is a priority, it is critical to understand why and how people value these services differentl…
Quo vadis global forest governance? A transdisciplinary delphi study
Hot topics in governance for forests and trees: Towards a (just) transformative research agenda
We are living in a time of crisis on planet Earth. Urgent calls for transformational change are getting louder. Technical solutions have an important role to play in addressing pressing global challenges, but alone they are not enough. After all, who decides what kind of transformation is needed, of what, and for whom? What principles guide those decisions, and how are decision-makers held accountable? This commentary article argues that these go…
Voluntary Partnership Agreements: Assessing impacts for better policy decisions
Are community forests a viable model for the Democratic Republic of Congo
Lescuyer, G., T. Kakundika, I. Muganguzi Lubala, I. Shabani Ekyamba, R. Tsanga, and P. O. Cerutti. 2019. Are community forests a viable model for the Democratic Republic of Congo? Ecology and Society 24(1):6. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10672-240106
Deforestation and timber production in Congo after implementation of sustainable management policy: A reaction to the article by J.S. Brandt, C. Nolte and A. Agrawal (Land Use Policy 52:15–22)
Participation, public policy-making, and legitimacy in the EU Voluntary Partnership Agreement process: The Cameroon case
What Happens When Corporate Ownership Shifts to China? A Case Study on Rubber Production in Cameroon
This article seeks to understand the evolution of corporate social responsibility (CSR) through two phases of privatisation: the acquisition of a Cameroonian state-owned public rubber company by a Singaporean firm, and the subsequent acquisition of the latter by a Chinese state-owned company. The investigation revealed that a number of unresolved problems, including uncompensated land, dispossession by the government, failure to fulfil a promise …
Formalization as Development in Land and Natural Resource Policy
Responding to multiple problems affecting governance of natural resource access and trade, governments implement formalization processes, often driven by the interests of development agencies. In so doing, they interact with the contemporary political, social, and environmental contexts in which resources are extracted, produced, and traded. They also contend with histories of ownership, access rights, market configurations, and practices attache…
Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) in Cameroon: Perceived private sector benefits from VPA implementation
Effectiveness and synergies of policy instruments for land use governance in tropical regions
Impacts of international timber procurement policies on Central Africa's forestry sector: The case of Cameroon
Artisanal chainsaw milling to support decentralized management of timber in Central Africa? An analysis through the theory of access
Cameroon's Hidden Harvest: Commercial Chainsaw Logging, Corruption, and Livelihoods
This article discusses the extent, impacts, and governance dynamics of illegal logging and associated corruption in the chainsaw milling sector in Cameroon and the implications for natural resource management theory and international initiatives, represented by the European Union's Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan. We show that state officials may be collecting some €6 million in informal payments each year, part o…
Is China unique? Exploring the behaviour of Chinese and European firms in the Cameroonian logging sector
China's growing presence in Africa's extractive industries has been the subject of much debate in recent years, reflecting concerns about both environmental sustainability and the governance of resource wealth for long-term benefit.In Cameroon, since 2000 the largest timber concession in the country has been held by a Chinese company.This provides an opportunity to take a deeper look at corporate practices in the extractive industry and explore t…
Legal vs. certified timber: Preliminary impacts of forest certification in Cameroon
Forests, Illegality, and Livelihoods: The Case of Cameroon
Concern about illegal logging has grown considerably over the past decade. This article contributes to knowledge on the nature, extent, and impacts of illegal logging (IL), with particular focus on livelihoods. We find that the reality of IL is much more nuanced than it has been depicted. We show that the illegal log harvest in Cameroon is smaller than previously thought and that in recent years small-scale operators, forced to operate illegally …
Sustainable Forest Management in Cameroon Needs More than Approved Forest Management Plans
Cerutti, P. O., R. Nasi, and L. Tacconi. 2008. Sustainable forest management in Cameroon needs more than approved forest management plans. Ecology and Society 13(2): 36. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02591-130236
Effectiveness and synergies of policy instruments for land use governance in tropical regions
Formalization as Development in Land and Natural Resource Policy
Responding to multiple problems affecting governance of natural resource access and trade, governments implement formalization processes, often driven by the interests of development agencies. In so doing, they interact with the contemporary political, social, and environmental contexts in which resources are extracted, produced, and traded. They also contend with histories of ownership, access rights, market configurations, and practices attache…
Cameroon's Hidden Harvest: Commercial Chainsaw Logging, Corruption, and Livelihoods
This article discusses the extent, impacts, and governance dynamics of illegal logging and associated corruption in the chainsaw milling sector in Cameroon and the implications for natural resource management theory and international initiatives, represented by the European Union's Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan. We show that state officials may be collecting some €6 million in informal payments each year, part o…
Forests, Illegality, and Livelihoods: The Case of Cameroon
Concern about illegal logging has grown considerably over the past decade. This article contributes to knowledge on the nature, extent, and impacts of illegal logging (IL), with particular focus on livelihoods. We find that the reality of IL is much more nuanced than it has been depicted. We show that the illegal log harvest in Cameroon is smaller than previously thought and that in recent years small-scale operators, forced to operate illegally …
Hot topics in governance for forests and trees: Towards a (just) transformative research agenda
We are living in a time of crisis on planet Earth. Urgent calls for transformational change are getting louder. Technical solutions have an important role to play in addressing pressing global challenges, but alone they are not enough. After all, who decides what kind of transformation is needed, of what, and for whom? What principles guide those decisions, and how are decision-makers held accountable? This commentary article argues that these go…
Legal vs. certified timber: Preliminary impacts of forest certification in Cameroon
Participation, public policy-making, and legitimacy in the EU Voluntary Partnership Agreement process: The Cameroon case
Impacts of international timber procurement policies on Central Africa's forestry sector: The case of Cameroon
Quo vadis global forest governance? A transdisciplinary delphi study
Is China unique? Exploring the behaviour of Chinese and European firms in the Cameroonian logging sector
China's growing presence in Africa's extractive industries has been the subject of much debate in recent years, reflecting concerns about both environmental sustainability and the governance of resource wealth for long-term benefit.In Cameroon, since 2000 the largest timber concession in the country has been held by a Chinese company.This provides an opportunity to take a deeper look at corporate practices in the extractive industry and explore t…
Sustainable Forest Management in Cameroon Needs More than Approved Forest Management Plans
Cerutti, P. O., R. Nasi, and L. Tacconi. 2008. Sustainable forest management in Cameroon needs more than approved forest management plans. Ecology and Society 13(2): 36. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02591-130236
Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) in Cameroon: Perceived private sector benefits from VPA implementation
Artisanal chainsaw milling to support decentralized management of timber in Central Africa? An analysis through the theory of access
Vulnerability and coping strategies within wild meat trade networks during the Covid-19 pandemic
Measures adopted to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and economic shocks caused by the pandemic have affected food networks globally, including wild meat trade networks that support the livelihoods and food security of millions of people around the world. In this article, we examine how COVID-related shocks have affected the vulnerability and coping strategies of different actors along wild meat trade networks. Informed by 1,876 questionnaires carr…
Are community forests a viable model for the Democratic Republic of Congo
Lescuyer, G., T. Kakundika, I. Muganguzi Lubala, I. Shabani Ekyamba, R. Tsanga, and P. O. Cerutti. 2019. Are community forests a viable model for the Democratic Republic of Congo? Ecology and Society 24(1):6. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10672-240106
Comparison of local ecological knowledge versus camera trapping to establish terrestrial wildlife baselines in community hunting territories within the Yangambi landscape in the Democratic Republic of…
Baseline population data are fundamental to the development of wildlife management plans and are usually generated based on field surveys using sampling tools such as camera traps (CT). However, this method can be costly and ineffective with rare species or in wildlife-depleted areas. An alternative is to complement baseline wildlife population data with Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK)-based methods. We compared LEK and CT surveys in terms of th…
Reducing Wild Meat Sales and Promoting Local Food Security: Lessons Learnt from a Behavior Change Campaign in Yangambi, Democratic Republic of Congo
Marketing strategies to promote behavioral change are increasingly used to reduce the unsustainable use of wild meat. One of the mayor keys for success of behavior change campaigns lies in the choice of the channel for communication and the messaging. In this research, we present a behavioral change campaign implemented in Yangambi, Democratic Republic of Congo framed around an integrated conservation and development objective: improve food secur…
Voluntary Partnership Agreements: Assessing impacts for better policy decisions
What Happens When Corporate Ownership Shifts to China? A Case Study on Rubber Production in Cameroon
This article seeks to understand the evolution of corporate social responsibility (CSR) through two phases of privatisation: the acquisition of a Cameroonian state-owned public rubber company by a Singaporean firm, and the subsequent acquisition of the latter by a Chinese state-owned company. The investigation revealed that a number of unresolved problems, including uncompensated land, dispossession by the government, failure to fulfil a promise …
Forests, Illegality, and Livelihoods: The Case of Cameroon
Concern about illegal logging has grown considerably over the past decade. This article contributes to knowledge on the nature, extent, and impacts of illegal logging (IL), with particular focus on livelihoods. We find that the reality of IL is much more nuanced than it has been depicted. We show that the illegal log harvest in Cameroon is smaller than previously thought and that in recent years small-scale operators, forced to operate illegally …
Sustainable Forest Management in Cameroon Needs More than Approved Forest Management Plans
Cerutti, P. O., R. Nasi, and L. Tacconi. 2008. Sustainable forest management in Cameroon needs more than approved forest management plans. Ecology and Society 13(2): 36. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02591-130236
Legal vs. certified timber: Preliminary impacts of forest certification in Cameroon
Is China unique? Exploring the behaviour of Chinese and European firms in the Cameroonian logging sector
China's growing presence in Africa's extractive industries has been the subject of much debate in recent years, reflecting concerns about both environmental sustainability and the governance of resource wealth for long-term benefit.In Cameroon, since 2000 the largest timber concession in the country has been held by a Chinese company.This provides an opportunity to take a deeper look at corporate practices in the extractive industry and explore t…
Cameroon's Hidden Harvest: Commercial Chainsaw Logging, Corruption, and Livelihoods
This article discusses the extent, impacts, and governance dynamics of illegal logging and associated corruption in the chainsaw milling sector in Cameroon and the implications for natural resource management theory and international initiatives, represented by the European Union's Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan. We show that state officials may be collecting some €6 million in informal payments each year, part o…
Impacts of international timber procurement policies on Central Africa's forestry sector: The case of Cameroon
Artisanal chainsaw milling to support decentralized management of timber in Central Africa? An analysis through the theory of access
Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) in Cameroon: Perceived private sector benefits from VPA implementation
Effectiveness and synergies of policy instruments for land use governance in tropical regions
Participation, public policy-making, and legitimacy in the EU Voluntary Partnership Agreement process: The Cameroon case
What Happens When Corporate Ownership Shifts to China? A Case Study on Rubber Production in Cameroon
This article seeks to understand the evolution of corporate social responsibility (CSR) through two phases of privatisation: the acquisition of a Cameroonian state-owned public rubber company by a Singaporean firm, and the subsequent acquisition of the latter by a Chinese state-owned company. The investigation revealed that a number of unresolved problems, including uncompensated land, dispossession by the government, failure to fulfil a promise …
Formalization as Development in Land and Natural Resource Policy
Responding to multiple problems affecting governance of natural resource access and trade, governments implement formalization processes, often driven by the interests of development agencies. In so doing, they interact with the contemporary political, social, and environmental contexts in which resources are extracted, produced, and traded. They also contend with histories of ownership, access rights, market configurations, and practices attache…
Deforestation and timber production in Congo after implementation of sustainable management policy: A reaction to the article by J.S. Brandt, C. Nolte and A. Agrawal (Land Use Policy 52:15–22)
Are community forests a viable model for the Democratic Republic of Congo
Lescuyer, G., T. Kakundika, I. Muganguzi Lubala, I. Shabani Ekyamba, R. Tsanga, and P. O. Cerutti. 2019. Are community forests a viable model for the Democratic Republic of Congo? Ecology and Society 24(1):6. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10672-240106
Voluntary Partnership Agreements: Assessing impacts for better policy decisions
Spatial distribution and perceived drivers of provisioning service values across an East African montane forest landscape
Increasingly, resource managers and planners seek to manage forested landscapes for the value of the services they provide. This is especially true in the Mau Forest of Kenya, a montane area that harbors some of Kenya’s most important headwaters but has lost a quarter of its forest cover since 1999. While managing for the Mau Forest’s landscape services is a priority, it is critical to understand why and how people value these services differentl…
Quo vadis global forest governance? A transdisciplinary delphi study
Hot topics in governance for forests and trees: Towards a (just) transformative research agenda
We are living in a time of crisis on planet Earth. Urgent calls for transformational change are getting louder. Technical solutions have an important role to play in addressing pressing global challenges, but alone they are not enough. After all, who decides what kind of transformation is needed, of what, and for whom? What principles guide those decisions, and how are decision-makers held accountable? This commentary article argues that these go…
Understanding Factors that Shape Exposure to Zoonotic and Food-Borne Diseases Across Wild Meat Trade Chains
The rise of zoonotic disease-related public health crises has sparked calls for policy action, including calls to close wildlife markets. Yet, these calls often reflect limited understanding of where, precisely, exposure to risk occurs along wildlife and wild meat trade chains. They also threaten to negatively impact food security and livelihoods. From a public health perspective, it is important to understand the practices that shape food safety…
Reducing Wild Meat Sales and Promoting Local Food Security: Lessons Learnt from a Behavior Change Campaign in Yangambi, Democratic Republic of Congo
Marketing strategies to promote behavioral change are increasingly used to reduce the unsustainable use of wild meat. One of the mayor keys for success of behavior change campaigns lies in the choice of the channel for communication and the messaging. In this research, we present a behavioral change campaign implemented in Yangambi, Democratic Republic of Congo framed around an integrated conservation and development objective: improve food secur…
Timber trade in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): Effectiveness of timber parks in tackling tax frauds/Commerce du bois dans l'est de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC): effic…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) shares borders with nine countries and has around 150 million hectares of tropical moist forests. A moratorium on logging titles has been in place since 2002 and infrastructure is very poor. The country plans to lift the moratorium and invest in infrastructure as part of the broader East-African road and railway networks. We present a case-study conducted for thirty months (2020– 2022) on timber trade an…
The informal sawn wood value chains in Uganda: Structure and actors
With increasing scarcity and spatial dispersion of tree resources, Uganda's forest sector – similarly to several other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa – has experienced a shift from the large-scale concessionary model historically used to access and harvest forests, to more versatile models involving smaller-scale operators. The timber they produce is sold not only locally in producer countries but also across borders and beyond. Yet small-scale …
Vulnerability and coping strategies within wild meat trade networks during the Covid-19 pandemic
Measures adopted to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and economic shocks caused by the pandemic have affected food networks globally, including wild meat trade networks that support the livelihoods and food security of millions of people around the world. In this article, we examine how COVID-related shocks have affected the vulnerability and coping strategies of different actors along wild meat trade networks. Informed by 1,876 questionnaires carr…
Comparison of local ecological knowledge versus camera trapping to establish terrestrial wildlife baselines in community hunting territories within the Yangambi landscape in the Democratic Republic of…
Baseline population data are fundamental to the development of wildlife management plans and are usually generated based on field surveys using sampling tools such as camera traps (CT). However, this method can be costly and ineffective with rare species or in wildlife-depleted areas. An alternative is to complement baseline wildlife population data with Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK)-based methods. We compared LEK and CT surveys in terms of th…
Business (21 works) · Economics (17 works) · Geography (14 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (13 works) · Political science (13 works) · Ecology (10 works) · Corporate governance (8 works) · Forestry (8 works) · Logging (8 works) · Environmental resource management (7 works)