The Baka people have lived in the rainforests of Cameroon for thousands of years... But their home and livelihoods are under threat. In the name of economic development, large areas of forest have been parcelled out to logging and mining companies, but the Baka have rarely seen the benefits... In the Mbang area of eastern Cameroon, one company is trying to do things differently. Société Forestière et Industrielle de la Doumé (SFID), a subsidiary of French timber company Rougier, is a participant in WWF’s Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN)... “Local populations are benefiting from certification on several levels, through activities that didn’t exist before,” says Pierre Ndjetoh from PERAD, a local NGO which has worked with SFID and the communities...