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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70 Farmers Schooled On Agroforestry Techniques

Some 70 farmers from Meme, Fako and Kupe Muanenguba divisions, Southwest Region of Cameroon, have strengthened their capacity on agroforestry techniques. The training that took place from April 2 to 14 2018, was facilitated by the Southwest...

(EDITORIAL) Budgeting: Life Wire To NGO Management

Budgeting is arguably one of the life wires of every Non-Governmental Organisation. The importance of developing a budget to accompany the realization of the NGO’s objectives and projects cannot be over emphasized. Not only does a budget permit...

Recruitment of Interns at ERuDeF

ERuDeF in order to continue to expand and strengthen its future workforce or human resource team, is seeking to recruit a number of Non-paid Interns into the following Departments in ERuDeF. They will all be based in the Office of Professional...

4000 Mahogany Seeds Collected For Forest Garden

Over 4000 seeds of Mahogany (Entandrophragma angolensis), have been collected to make up the fourth layer of ERuDeF’s agroforestry Forest Garden practice in Cameroon. The seeds were collected recently by ERuDeF’s Southwest Agroforestry Coordinator, Adeline Tengem,...