by erudef | Sep 22, 2022 | Cross River Gorilla Conservation Program, News, Newsletter
By Ebong Lionel. Edited by Shuimo Trust The Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) is the northern and western-most gorilla subspecies and is restricted to the hilly rain-forest region along the Nigeria-Cameroon border, which forms the headwaters of the...
by erudef | Jul 8, 2022 | Livelihood and Economic Development and Perspectives, News
By Shuimo Trust The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic brought overbearing effects on especially communities adjacent to protected areas. Given that communities around Cameroon’s protected areas depend heavily on tourism, the outbreak of COVID-19 means that the...
by erudef | Jul 8, 2022 | Cross River Gorilla Conservation Program, Lebialem Highlands, News, Newsletter
Ebong Lionel and Shuimo Trust The use of robust ecological data to make evidence-based management decisions for highly threatened species is often limited by data availability, and local ecological knowledge (LEK). The participation of communities living in high...
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 | 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 | Jun 2, 2021 | Forest and Climate Change, Tree planting and Agroforestry, News, Newsletter
The Southwest Region of Cameroon is blessed with a variety of natural resources such as; forests, water bodies (waterfalls, rivers, lakes, and ocean), mountains and abundant wildlife species. These natural resources stand as touristic sites in Cameroon especially the...
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...
