The role of community rangers as citizen Scientists in Research and Conservation of Gorillas and Chimpanzees in the Lebialem highlands, Cameroon

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...

REDD +, an incentive for restoration

The fight against climate change is one of the major challenges of our time. Forests play a fundamental role in climate change mitigation- by removing CO2 from the atmosphere and storing it in biomass and soils. This also means that when forests are cleared or...

Cameroon government creates a protected area to conserve amphibians, reptiles, and birds

The government of Cameroon has transformed the Proposed Mount Muanenguba Integral Ecological Reserve into the Mount Muanenguba Herpeto-ornithological Sanctuary which will serve a safe habitat for amphibians, reptiles, and birds. This follows Prime Ministerial Decree...

Time to save the remaining Cross River Gorillas in the Lebialem Highlands

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...

ERuDeF to launch Project to support Island communities to conserve mangroves in Southwest Cameroon

Within the context of its Island Biodiversity Conservation Programme, the Environment and Rural Development Foundation will be launching a project to support Tiko-Limbe 3 Island communities on the Southwest coast of Cameroon to conserve their mangroves. This Project...

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Global COVID-19 cases, deaths on the rise

Global COVID-19 cases, deaths on the rise

Coronavirus related cases are on the rise around the globe, with Italy being the epicenter of the deadly virus. Protective measures are being taken by various governments all over the world to curb its spread. Despite these measures put in place, the deadly virus is...

ERuDeF Installs Newly Appointed Staff Members

ERuDeF Installs Newly Appointed Staff Members

The Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) on January 31, 2020, installed newly appointed staff members, into various offices, after an executive order announcing the significant changes in the organization, during the ERuDeF general annual meeting on...

ERuDeF’s Sports for Conservation

ERuDeF’s Sports for Conservation

The wellbeing of employees determines the wellbeing of the organization. Maintaining long work hours, chasing deadlines, unhealthy lifestyle, and lack of physical exercise invariably leads to poor health patterns that results in low productivity. ERuDeF staff It is...

Vacancy Announcement (Multiple positions)

A Cameroonian based non-profit organization (ERuDeF) in partnership with its affiliates will be extending its programs to Littoral, Northern Regions, East and Centre-South Regions of Cameroon in 2020. Within the context of these programs expansion, the Chief Executive...