Employment: it provides employment to a number of Cameroonians who are involved in either felling, transportation, working in saw mills, in furniture factories etc.
Infrastructural development: exploitation companies contribute to the development of the countries through the construction of bridges, roads and payment of dues to some local councils to the development of health and educational facilities.
Provision of goods: forest exploitation leads to the provision of goods e.g. fruits, meat species, vegetables etc. also leaves roots for medicinal purposes.
Development of industries: it provides raw materials for industrial uses. E.g. ply woods, paper and pulp, safety match (UNALOR use timber as their main raw material)
It is a source of government revenue. Companies involved with exploitation pay taxes to the government which acts as a source of income to the government.
