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2023 May 10

TARGET 14: By 2020 the development and implementation of a comprehensive programme for the valuation of biodiversity should have been realised and payments for ecosystem services and goods imputed into the national budget for use in promoting sustainabl


Information on the value of biodiversity and its contribution in the national budget frameworks is yet to be a common practice in Cameroon. An emerging approach for the economic valuation and accounting is necessary to track its contributions and also requires the development of capacities of economic planners.  The focus here is on all types of biological and genetic resources currently being utilized or with potentials for commercialization.

This therefore requires the development and implementation of a comprehensive program for the valuation of biodiversity so as to generate information on its economic potentials. In addition, more capacity building and development of tools for biodiversity accounting, promotion of the commercialization of biological and genetic resources with high economic potentials needs to be carried out.