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“The women are harvesting NTFPs such as njangsang. We use it to make soup and also sell some. We go to the farm together, and sell to the Bantu. It is so difficult to harvest njangsang and the Bantu don’t even buy at a reasonable price: a bucket is sold for 500frs and when the Bantu take it to town they make a profit of 4000frs”

“This is a truck that carries wood from the COVAREF. A load like that can easily generate a profit of 5,000,000 XAF. The president of the COVAREF is a Bantu, and only the Bantu community profits from the COVAREF. The Baka should be more involved in forest management and benefit-sharing”