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 | 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 | Jun 2, 2020 | Mount Bamboutos initiative (MBI), Mt Bamboutos Initiative, News, Newsletter
Agroforestry which is a science of integrated farming that includes trees, crops and animals on thesame piece of land, has proven to be a means through which poverty can be reduced especially in rural communities. During a recent impact assessment trip to...
by | Apr 11, 2020 | Forest and Climate Change, Tree planting and Agroforestry, Mount Bamboutos initiative (MBI), Mt Bamboutos Initiative, Trees for the Future Cameroon Program
By Shuimo Trust The midterm debriefing meeting for the first pilot phase of the Mount Bamboutos Initiative (MBI) project has taken place. The meeting took place at the headquarters of the Environment and Rural Development Foundation, ERuDeF in Buea on Friday April 3,...
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 Ayuk Oben | Oct 20, 2019 | Forest and Climate Change, Tree planting and Agroforestry, Livelihood and Economic Development and Perspectives, Mt Bamboutos Initiative
Market gardening, that employs more than 80% of the rural population of the Mt. Bamboutos area and contributes greatly to the country’s per capital income, has been causing social insecurity in the rural communities. These mal practices include nocturnal harvestingof...
by erudef | Sep 6, 2018 | Mt Bamboutos Initiative, News
One of the world’s pioneer environmental organisation, the International Tree Foundation and Cameroon’s leading conservation non-profit organisation the Environment and Rural Development Foundation in partnership with the Cameroon Government have launched a 15 year...
by erudef | Sep 5, 2018 | Mt Bamboutos Initiative, News
The Cameroon Mountain University Network (CaMUN) has identified research thematic areas within the Mount Bamboutos Initiative (MBI). The research areas were identified, August 2018, during CaMUN’s maiden meeting in the University of Buea, which brought together...
