by erudef | Aug 16, 2022 | Blog, Environmental Education Program, Livelihood and Economic Development and Perspectives, Newsletter, Uncategorized
By Shuimo Trust The Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) developed a project aimed at giving indigenous peoples and local communities a leading role in conservation in Southeast Cameroon. The project titled “Southeast Cameroon Indigenous Peoples...
by erudef | Jul 1, 2022 | Blog, Cross River Gorilla Conservation Program, News
The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies the Western lowland gorillas as critically endangered, Central chimpanzees as Endangered and forest elephants as Vulnerable due to their declining population, a trend that is not expected to cease in the...
by erudef | Jun 30, 2022 | Blog, Forest and Climate Change, Tree planting and Agroforestry, Mount Bamboutos initiative (MBI), Mt Bamboutos Initiative
The Western Cameroon Highlands are characterised by high relief, cool temperatures, heavy rainfall and savanna vegetation. These highlands constitute several mountains amongst which are the Mbapit-Nkogham, Bamboutos and Nlonako-Muanenguba Mountains. Mt. Bamboutos and...
by erudef | Mar 31, 2022 | Blog, Forest and Climate Change, Tree planting and Agroforestry, News
Nja Beltin Tekuh, The Cameroon Oil Transportation Company (COTCO) commissioned in 1998 an environmental impact survey of a proposed oil pipeline route from Chad to Cameroon. The results of the survey revealed that an area along the pipeline in eastern Cameroon known...
by erudef | Mar 30, 2022 | Blog, Forest and Climate Change, Tree planting and Agroforestry, News
By Muluh Quinivette The Western High Plateau of Cameroon is made of numerous mountains amongst which are the Mbapit and the Nkogham mountains. The Mbapit-Nkolgam Mts is found in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon. The Western High Plateau was once heavily forested....
by erudef | Mar 30, 2022 | Blog, Lebialem Highlands, News
By Shuimo Trust. A new species of bird has been discovered in the Tofala Hills Wildlife Sanctuary in the Lebialem Highlands, Western Cameroon, known as the White-crested hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus). This discovery is thanks to the ongoing...
by erudef | Mar 18, 2022 | Blog, News
Ground truthing works recently conducted by ERuDeF in the KEPOL Community Forest situated in the Deng Deng National Park-Belabo Council Forest Conservation Corridor has revealed that nine land use types are found in the community forest. These land use include primary...
by erudef | Jul 14, 2021 | Blog, Uncategorized
Wendell Berry, a naturalist and writer once said, “the earth is the only thing we have in common”, so why would we want to destroy the only thing which bonds the human race? Our world was created naturally with so much riches, with enough for both humans and species...
by erudef | Jul 4, 2021 | Blog, Uncategorized
Around the world, ecotourism has been hailed as a panacea: a way to fund conservation and research, protect fragile and pristine ecosystems, benefit rural communities, promote development in poor countries, enhance ecological and cultural sensitivity, instill...
by erudef | Jul 4, 2021 | Blog, Uncategorized
To consolidate the conservation of great apes and other threatened species in Eastern Cameroon, the Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) through financial support from World Land Trust (WLT), UK, launched the Deng Deng-Belabo Conservation corridor...
