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Tayap | |
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 Tayap | |
  Tayap Location in Cameroon | |
| Coordinates: 3°49′02″N 10°54′05″E / 3.817241°N 10.901418°E | |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Region | Centre Region |
| Department | Nyong-et-Kéllé |
| Elevation | 350 m (1,150 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 254 (census) |
Tayap is a small village of Cameroon located in the Centre Region, between the country's capital Yaounde (86 km) and Douala (164 km). The village of Tayap is part of the Ngog-Mapubi district of the Nyong-et-Kéllé department.[1]
Situated in the north-western zone of the forest of the Congo Basin, the world's second-largest rain forest after the Amazon, the village of Tayap has suffered from deforestation in Cameroon caused by different factors like the increase in population growth, the development of logging, the collection of firewood and the practice of slash-and-burn.[2]
Since 2011, Tayap has been the site of a pilot project of agroecology and ecotourism aiming to protect its biodiversity and lands and to develop activities which generate income for its residents.
- ^ Main source of the article: Agripo, 2014, La monographie du village de Tayap. Tayap, Éditions Agripo, 36 p.
- ^ Center for International Forestry Research, « Collectif, L’Impact de la Crise Économique sur les Systèmes Agricoles et le Changement du Couvert Forestier dans la Zone Forestière Humide du Cameroun », 2000 (consulted on 21 November 2014), p. 16.