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Discover Cameroon’s Endemic Zebrawood at the Mercy of Wanton Exploiters
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)...
Chameleons Pet Trade Banned in Mount Muanenguba Area
Chiefs and traditional rulers of communities within the Mouamenem clan (in the Mount Muanenguba area) in the Littoral Region, Cameroon have banned the collection/harvesting of Chameleons for the international pet trade in their communities. This ban was placed...
Three Year Strategic Plan Established for Great Apes Conservation in Central Africa
The Alliance for Great Apes Conservation in Central Africa (A-GSAC), has put in place a three-year strategic plan for the conservation of great apes within the Central Africa Sub-Region. The strategic plan was elaborated, June 2 to 9, 2018 at the Moukalaba Doudou...
Fossimondi, M’mockmbie Reaffirm Commitment to Collaborate in Tofala management
Some two adjacent villages to the Tofala Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, Fossimondi and M’mockmbie, hitherto hesitant to collaborate with the Sanctuary Service and the Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF), recently pledged to work together with these...
Nkongho-Mbeng & Alou-Tofala Farmers Reap from Biodiversity Community Trust
Members of Nkongho-Mbeng Farmers and Alou-Tofala Farmers cooperatives have begun benefiting from the services of the Biodiversity Community Trust (BCT). Biodiversity Community Trust is a micro-finance scheme of the Environment and Rural Development Foundation aimed at...
Pilot Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Initiative in Cameroon
https://youtu.be/9yxm0QzSjes Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) is the fair and equitable distribution of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources and their related traditional knowledge. The Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) concept originated from the...
IT SPECIALIST NEEDED AT ERuDeF
Job description of an IT Specialist Job title: IT specialist Organisation: Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) Category: Non-Profit Ogranisation Location/City: Buea, SWR-Cameroon Responsible to: Technical services Division Number of positions:...
Government Urged To Create Bangwa-Mbo Wildlife Sanctuary
Community members from two Fondoms in Lebialem Division, and 10 villages in Kupe Muanenguba Division, have urged the Cameroon Government to create a new wildlife sanctuary in their area. They resonated their voices, during a workshop to gather their opinions over the possibility of creating the Bangwa-Mbo wildlife sanctuary, adjacent to their villages. The community members that included the Njoagwi and Essoh-Attah Fondoms in Lebialem, and the Nkongho-Mbo villages that included: Mbetta, Fonki, Njungo, Mbemfe, Lebeh, Nzelette, Ngientu, Lebock, all in Kupe Muanenguba Divisions of the Southwest Region.
ICRAF Approves Enterprise Development For Bimbia-Bonadikombo, Etinde Community Forests
The World Agroforestry Organisation, ICRAF, has approved the development of enterprises in two community forests in Fako Division, Southwest Region. This was made known by the organisation’s country representative, Divine Foundjem-Tita, on Thursday May 31, 2018....
ERuDeF to plant 3 million trees for food security, water shade protection in Cameroon
The Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) is carrying out activities that will culminate in the planting of three million trees in some 15 divisions of the Northwest, Southwest, West and Littoral regions of Cameroon by the end of 2018. Targeted divisions include; Meme, Fako, Lebialem, Kupe Muanenguba, Bamboutos, Haut Nkam, Menou, Moungo, Ngoketunjia, Menchum, Momo, Mezam,Bui, Boyo, Donga Matum.