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 | Sep 6, 2018 | Mt Cameroon Threatened Trees Project, News
The Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) is mapping out strategies for the extension of Threatened Trees Project to other mountains in Cameroon beginning with Mt. Oku. Threatened Tree project seeks to protect and restore the populations of IUCN red...
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 | Jun 11, 2014 | Mt Cameroon Threatened Trees Project
A team of Foresters from the Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) have collected over 240 seeds of the threatened Lophira alata tree from the Lilale and the Likoko forests in the Mt Cameroon area. The seeds collected in April 2014 have been nursed in...
by erudef | Jun 11, 2014 | Blog, Mt Cameroon Threatened Trees Project
Authorities of the Southwest Regional Brigade of the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife have recently intercepted the transportation of over 1400 pieces of sawn Microbelinia bisulcata which were headed for Douala by an illegal exploiter, Tsafack who possessed neither...
by erudef | May 23, 2014 | Mt Cameroon Threatened Trees Project
Three new threatened tree species have been identified in the Mount Cameroon area. The species Cola suboppositifolia, Oxanthus montanus and Draceana bueana all species classified threatened by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature(IUCN) were found in...
by erudef | May 23, 2014 | Mt Cameroon Threatened Trees Project
The creation of nature reserves in Cameroon dates back to the colonial era. The Southern Bakundu Forest Reserve was created in 1939 as a native administrative forest reserve and approved following decree No. 22 of 25 April 1940 by the British Colonial Government. The...
by erudef | Jan 30, 2014 | Mt Cameroon Threatened Trees Project
The Ministry of Forestry of Wildlife through its SW Regional Delegation has drawn up an anti-logging strategy to curb the extinction of threatened trees species within the Mt. Cameroon forests. The meeting which took place on Monday, December 16, 2013 at the ERuDeF...
by erudef | Jan 28, 2014 | Mt Cameroon Threatened Trees Project
There is a risk of the globally threatened tree species Microberlinia bisulcata commonly referred to as Zebra wood or Tiger wood getting extinct in the Mokoko Forest Reserve of the Mt Cameroon area. A recent field visit carried out by a team from the Environment and...
