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Data should include maps of lands with parcel layer and display parcel boundaries in addition to a land registry with information on transactions of parcels of land. The assessment criteria were developed in collaboration with Cadasta Foundation. For more information on land ownership datasets and where they're located, see Cadasta Foundation's Data Overview](https://cadasta.org/open-data/overview-of-property-rights-data/).
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| Downloadable | No | Data can be downloaded online for the Cameroon Mining Cadastre Portal. Most land data are not digitalized. The Government is currently trying to build a national cadastre with the support of the African Development Bank, and the project is still ongoing. Mining data cannot be downloaded from Trimble but from the forestry database. |
| Publicly available | Yes | Yes for some type of data. But the national cadastre is not yet online, as the project PAMOCCA is still on-going. |
| Openly licenced | No | “Les informations disponibles sur ce site ne peuvent pas être republiées (y compris la publication sur un autre site web) ; vendues, louées, sous-licenciées, reproduites, dupliquées, copiées ou autrement exploitées sans l’autorisation écrite et préalable de la SDCM et SD. Par ailleurs, les informations ne peuvent pas être éditées ou modifiées, redistribuées ou utilisées aux fins de litiges.” |
| Up-to-date | Yes | |
| In an open and machine-readable format | ||
| location | href="https://portals.flexicadastre.com/Cameroon/fr/" https://portals.flexicadastre.com/Cameroon/fr/">rel="nofollow">https://portals.flexicadastre.com/Cameroon/fr/ - Cameroon Mining Cadastre Portal, https://www.gutf.cm/index.php?lang=en&Itemid=513 - One-stop Shops to Facilitate Land Transactions, href="https://cmr-data.forest-atlas.org/datasets?group_ids=e4e27617522346228ebfcd81670c2dc4" https://cmr-data.forest-atlas.org/datasets?group_ids=e4e">rel="nofollow">https://cmr-data.forest-atlas.org/datasets?group_ids=e4e - Forestry concessions | Data found concerns the mining cadastre. That means information related to mining plots. |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| findable_steps | I have worked online to find information related to land ownership. I have not been able to interview a staff of this Ministry, even though I have discussed with geomaticians. | |
| characteristics | Types of cadastre, Parcel boundaries, Parcel location | Cadastres for mining and forest areas are available. No urban or other rural cadastres available Transaction history only provided as numerical figures of land rights attributed fusioned, or other changes to land rights. It seems not always does this imply a transfer of land rights. This data covers the years 2014-15 and 2016-17. See https://www.gutf.cm/index.php?lang=fr |
| Controlled access | Yes | |
| Collector name | One-stop Shops to Facilitate Land Transactions, le ministère des Domaines, du Cadastre et des Affaires foncières (MINDCAF), PAMOCCA, Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife | This agency belongs to the Ministry of Lands, Domains and Cadaster. PAMOCCA is a cadastral modernisation plan in Cameroon. Pamocca was planned to finish in 2014. Work continued until 2017 and was planned to end then. Seront ainsi numérisés 120 000 titres fonciers. Une base de données de 240 000 parcelles de terrains des villes de Yaoundé, Douala, Garoua, et Maroua sera également créée d’ici décembre 2017. Leading ministry: le ministère des Domaines, du Cadastre et des Affaires foncières (MINDCAF). In 2017 it looked for a contractor to collect cadastral records in six cities. Pamocca still seems to be work in progress. Land use titles and land management of forestry are managed by the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, see here: https://cmr.forest-atlas.org/?l=fr Use titles around mining are managed by the Sous-direction du Cadastre Minier. It shall also provide and update cadastral data around mining (See here). The data from this agency are provided by Trimble. |
PAMOCCA is a cadastral modernisation plan in Cameroon. Pamocca was planned to finish in 2014. Work continued until 2017 and was planned to end then. Seront ainsi numérisés 120 000 titres fonciers. Une base de données de 240 000 parcelles de terrains des villes de Yaoundé, Douala, Garoua, et Maroua sera également créée d’ici décembre 2017. Leading ministry: le ministère des Domaines, du Cadastre et des Affaires foncières (MINDCAF). In 2017 it looked for a contractor to collect cadastral records in six cities. Pamocca still seems to be work in progress. Land use titles and land management of forestry are managed by the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, see here: https://cmr.forest-atlas.org/?l=fr Use titles around mining are managed by the Sous-direction du Cadastre Minier. It shall also provide and update cadastral data around mining (See here). The data from this agency are provided by Trimble.