by erudef | Jul 7, 2018 | News, Newsletter
“This is the third time that I am visiting since 2015. They are improving; it’s not yet perfect but we learn every day and we have to build from somewhere. So, I was really impressed this time because most of the recommendations pointed out last time during...
by erudef | Jul 7, 2018 | Cross River Gorilla Conservation Program, News, Newsletter
An increasing number of Cameroon Nigeria Chimpanzees are being captured on Camera traps in the Tofala Hill Wildlife Sanctuary. In the last survey of camera traps planted in this Sanctuary, a very large group of chimpanzee (20 individuals) was caught in a camera trap....
by erudef | Jul 6, 2018 | Forest and Climate Change, Tree planting and Agroforestry, Mt Bamboutos Initiative, News, Newsletter, Press Release
One of the world’s pioneer environmental organisation, International Tree Foundation (ITF) has joined forces with the Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) to restore over 35,000 ha of the degraded landscape of the Mt. Bamboutos ecosystem through the...
by erudef | Jul 6, 2018 | Livelihood and Economic Development and Perspectives, News, Newsletter, Trees for the Future Cameroon Program
My name is Mbu Thomas. I come from Balafotio in Bamboutos Division of West Cameroon. I joined this agroforestry programme in 2014, when the Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) enlightened and trained us on some agroforestry techniques. This motivated...
by erudef | Jul 6, 2018 | News, Newsletter
The management of the Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) has put in place a new system geared towards improving the Organisation’s over all productivity, known as the Performance Based System. This system was introduced to the staff of the...
by erudef | Jul 6, 2018 | Mt Cameroon Threatened Trees Project, News, Newsletter, Press Release
Zebrawood (Microberlinia bisulcata A. Chev) is a tropical rainforest tree species commercialized under the name Zingana. It belongs to the sub-family Fabaceae and family of Leguminiceae of the Order Fabales. The species is a critically endangered (IUCN Red list)...
by erudef | Jul 6, 2018 | Amphibian Conservation Project, News, Newsletter
Chiefs and traditional rulers of communities within the Mouamenem clan (in the Mount Muanenguba area) in the Littoral Region, Cameroon have banned the collection/harvesting of Chameleons for the international pet trade in their communities. This ban was placed...
by erudef | Jul 6, 2018 | Cross River Gorilla Conservation Program, News, Newsletter
The Alliance for Great Apes Conservation in Central Africa (A-GSAC), has put in place a three-year strategic plan for the conservation of great apes within the Central Africa Sub-Region. The strategic plan was elaborated, June 2 to 9, 2018 at the Moukalaba Doudou...
by erudef | Jul 5, 2018 | Cross River Gorilla Conservation Program, News, Newsletter
Some two adjacent villages to the Tofala Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, Fossimondi and M’mockmbie, hitherto hesitant to collaborate with the Sanctuary Service and the Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF), recently pledged to work together with these...
by erudef | Jul 5, 2018 | Livelihood and Economic Development and Perspectives, News
Members of Nkongho-Mbeng Farmers and Alou-Tofala Farmers cooperatives have begun benefiting from the services of the Biodiversity Community Trust (BCT). Biodiversity Community Trust is a micro-finance scheme of the Environment and Rural Development Foundation aimed at...
