by erudef | Feb 12, 2015 | News
I am Anna Buchling from Germany. I was in Cameroon under the ERuDeF International Volunteering Programme (IVP) from October 27 to November 8, 2014. I visited the jungle, and communities. I had a wonderful experience working with ERuDeF both in the communities and in...
by erudef | Feb 12, 2015 | News
Access Benefit Sharing (ABS) is a fledgling project but has huge developmental potentials once it takes root in Cameroon, says Peter Schaurte after visiting the Echinops project site in Magha, Lebialem Division. GV: You visited the Echinops ABS project in Magha...
by erudef | Nov 14, 2014 | News
French Charity Man and Nature through the Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) has equipped and reinforced school libraries of some 15 schools around the just gazetted Tofala Hill Wildlife Sanctuary. The books worth some 3.2 million FCFA were donated...
by erudef | Oct 29, 2014 | News
Traditional dance groups and school children in the South West Region of Cameroon renewed their interest in protecting the endangered rhino species, on September 20, 2014. The groups met at the campus of the ERuDeF Institute of Biodiversity and Non-Profit Studies...
by erudef | Oct 29, 2014 | News
Access to potable water is one of the biggest challenges rural communities in Cameroon face. Magha-Bamumbu in the Lebialem Division has a long history of water shortages which has often landed inhabitants into serious water related diseases. Water resources in...
by erudef | Oct 29, 2014 | News
Some members of the Village Forest Management Committees(VFMC) in four communities bordering the just declared Tofala Hill Wildlife Sanctuary have received logistical support to permit them collect field data and be more informed to make scientific decisions about the...
by erudef | Oct 29, 2014 | News
Over 450 pupils, students and teachers in 9 schools around the proposed Mak-Betchou Wildlife Sanctuary have received lectures on conservation and environmental protection. The lectures were given at the opening of the 2014/2015 new school year by ERuDeF’s...
by erudef | Oct 29, 2014 | News
There is an adage that says ‘consevartion cannot be done on an empty stomach”. That is to say for conservation to be successful, actors must try to provide alternative sources of livelihood to forest adjacent communities. It was against this thinking that...
by erudef | Oct 29, 2014 | News
An order from the Divisional Delegation of Forestry and Wildlife has banned the sale of bush meat in Lebialem Division. This follows a Ministerial Decision which insists on the closing of the hunting season in the national territory. In a coordination meeting held...
by erudef | Oct 29, 2014 | News
ERuDeF’s Public Relations and Communication Program now has a new member. Margaret Eyong, 23, holds a B.Sc in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Buea. Confident, highly driven with practical hands-on client service experience, Ms Eyong...
