• The « Centre de Teledetection et de Cartographie Forestiere » (CETELCAF) of the Office National de Developpement des Forets (ONADEF) is the key Remote Sensing and GIS institution in Cameroon. For a long time, this center has been involved in international programs (i.e.  direct partner of the FAO-FRA program, the Landsat PATHFINDER program, the TREES project, ...).


 

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One of the major activities of the CETELCAF has been the multi-resources inventory of the forest zone and the production of vegetation and land use maps based on satellite data interpretation. This project, partly funded by the « Agence Canadienne de Developpement International » (ACDI), has led to the production of stratification maps of the forest zone of Cameroon at the 1 : 500,000 scale. Occasionally, the CETELCAF updates the topographic maps of Cameroon in collaboration with the « Institut National de Cartographie » (INC) and is in charge of updating the vegetation maps and producing a database of the logging concessions (1994). The CETELCAF is currently the team leader for the preparation of the REIMP project in Cameroon.

• TROPENBOS project in the Campo area (supported by Winand Staring Centre, NL)

• ACDI project in the Ebolowa region (supported by TECSULT, CN)

• CIRAD project in the Dimako area (supported by CIRAD, FR)

• Since 1993, the University of Louvain, Remote Sensing Laboratory of the Department of Geography , has been studying forest changes in the Bertoua region. The project is co-funded by the Belgian Government and the FAO (under the TFA project). Its main objective is to map vegetation cover at different periods, to study the driving forces of land-cover and land-use changes and to model deforestation. This exercice involves the use of remote sensing data (Landsat, SPOT, aerial surveys) and numerous field surveys.

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• Others : Various activities are currently using remote sensing data in Cameroon. The use of SPOT data for road rehabilitation is among them (Road Bertoua - Gaorua, TRACTEBEL SA). 

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