by erudef | Mar 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Man’s unsustainable way of exploiting forest resources has caused a number of problems, amongst which, forest degradation. The International Day of Forests 2021 presents to us another opportunity to rethink and redress what looks like geometric degradation of forest...
by erudef | Mar 15, 2021 | Blog
January 2nd 2021 was commemorated as World Wetlands Day. Commemorated under the theme “Wetlands and water”, wetlands are a very important ecosystem that has unfortunately continue to experience unprecedented depletion. The theme for this year underscores the...
by erudef | Mar 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
The population of Goliath frogs in the wild, in Cameroon is decreasing due to accelerated habitat loss occasioned by deforestation, hunting, and over collecting from the wild for pet trade. The most is severe threat to this species is hunting for food, and new...
by erudef | Mar 15, 2021 | Blog
“it is embarrassing to say, but I just have to reveal that, in my house we go for more than two days without bathing, sometimes we can’t even flush our toilets, my children are now perpetual late comers in school, because they trek very long distances to get little...
by erudef | Mar 10, 2021 | Blog
In the past women were seen as “the weaker sex”, they were socially, politically, economically and culturally inferior to their husbands. Subdue to remain under a man or boy in every domain. Just when the world saw the need for women’s equal right to participate in...
by erudef | Feb 28, 2021 | Blog, Mt Cameroon Threatened Trees Project
Within Cameroon, 15 of the country’s Critically Endangered trees are recorded from Mount Cameroon. It is a high priority for tree conservation, hosting more than 40 globally threatened tree species. Following the establishment of Mount Cameroon National Park (MCNP) in...
by erudef | Feb 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
As the world celebrate the Pangolin Day this February 20th, 2021, it should bear witness to the fact that the Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) in her efforts remain steadfast to the survival of the remaining pangolin population in the eastern...
by erudef | Feb 7, 2021 | Mt Bamboutos Initiative
Ecosystem restoration is reversing degradation of ecosystems, e.g. forest landscapes, mangroves, watersheds, dry lands- to regain their functionality for the people and for the planet. More than 75 percent of Earth’s land areas are substantially...
by erudef | Feb 7, 2021 | Blog, Mount Bamboutos initiative (MBI), Mt Bamboutos Initiative
The people of Bameghuie I, Bameghuie II and Bamelang in the Bangang chiefdom, one of the villages in the mount Bamboutos Landscape, situated in Batcham sub-division of the Bamboutos Division in the West Region of Cameroon, have embraced the Mount Bamboutos Initiative...
by erudef | Feb 7, 2021 | Blog, Cross River Gorilla Conservation Program
Primates in the Deng Deng National Park such as the endangered Gorillas and Chimpanzees are likely to suffer the effect of Zoonosis (transfer of diseases from humans to animals and vice versa). This is so due to the high encroachment into wildlife habitat. The life...
