ENGAGING LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS IN ASSESSMENT OF THE SUPPLY AND USE OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN THE DJA BIOSPHERE RESERVE, CAMEROON

editorial reviewedThe Dja Biosphere Reserve is situated in the dense forest ecosystems of the Guineo-Congolian Region in Cameroon, Central Africa. Efforts to engage with local stakeholders through 225 individual interviews in the Dja area have elicited perceptions of the importance and abundance of ecosystems services, their supply and use (Lhoest et al, 2019). Complementary participative field monitoring and interviews were used to determine the ecosystem services for which supply was perceived as the most variable, namely bushmeat, firewood, timber and all cultural services (Lhoest et al., 2020)