**4.1. Provision of income to the municipality and local communities**

Like other forests domain in Cameroon, council forests provide raw materials (mostly timber) that generate substantial income for economic development of the municipality in which they are located (**Figure 1**). Additionally, they are rich in nontimber forest products (NTFPs) which could be harvested by the municipality and other local communities for commercialization and subsistence purposes. For example, in a personal communication with an official of the Dimako council forest, it was reported that in June 2012, 2,484,000 FCFA1 was obtained from the sale of Djansang (*Ricinodendron heudelotti*) emanating from this forest.

**Figure 1.** Revenue (in FCFA) generated from timber emanating from the case study council forests.
