by erudef | Apr 30, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Lake Oku is a crater lake on the Bamenda Plateau in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. It is located at 2,227 metres (7,306 ft) on Mount Oku, and is completely surrounded by cloud forest. Lake Oku has no specific protection but is surrounded by montane forest, with a...
by erudef | Apr 30, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
The problem of land degradation and declining soil fertility is a reality in the steeply sloping lands of Mount Bamboutos. In order to fight against this land degradation and biodiversity loss, a “Forest Garden” project was initiated to plant trees and...
by erudef | Apr 30, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Cameroon have been going through untold hardship in their new settlements. These people, who have been displaced because of the Anglophone crisis, now live at the mercy of God and largess of people of good will, since they...
by erudef | Apr 7, 2020 | Blog, Mt Bamboutos Initiative, Newsletter
The Mount Bamboutos area is a cosmopolitan environment characterized by varied land use patterns which generate conflicts between farmers and grazers, farmers and farmers and between villages. Also the population is facing a decrease of agricultural yields, a lack of...
by erudef | Apr 7, 2020 | Blog, Mount Bamboutos initiative (MBI), Mt Bamboutos Initiative, Newsletter
The Forest Gardens Project II kicked off on March 2020, with the training and practical establishment of nurseries in each locality in Mount Bamboutos landscape. Nursery establishment is the preliminary stage of trees planting. Being a special site for the production...
by erudef | Apr 7, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Mangroves are facultative halophytes that occur as forests at the confluence of the land-sea interface and are limited to the tropical and subtropical coastlines of the world. Despite their limited geographical range, mangroves are among the most productive ecosystems...
by erudef | Apr 7, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
The historic entrance of ERuDeF into the great apes conservation in the Lebialem highlands started in 2004, when she discover another sub population of the cross river gorilla in what is known today as the Tofala Hill Wildlife Sanctuary. Since then, research efforts...
by African Conservation Foundation | Apr 7, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
The proposed Ebo Forest National Park that cuts across the Sanaga Maritime and the Nkam divisions in the Littoral Region of Cameroon is one of the most important remaining tracts of closed-canopy forest in the Littoral region. It covers a surface area of 111, 2880...
by erudef | Apr 7, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
ERuDeF’s Centre for the Advancement of Women’s Initiatives (CAWI), created some 10 years ago, has a new programme called the Economic Recovery Fund. This fund is the brainchild of CAWI with a vision of empowering displaced women, by supporting them through economic...
by | Apr 7, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
On Thursday February 13, 2020,the Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) represented by the President/CEO; Mr. Nkembi Louis and World Botanical Exchange and Services (WBES) represented by the Founder/CEO; Mr. Nkuinkeu Robert organised a collaboration...
