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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ERuDeF Menji Regional Office Gets New Manager

Samuel Ngueping is now the new Manager of the Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF)’s Western Cameroon Regional Office based in Menji, Lebialem Division-South West Cameroon. He was appointed last November, 2017 to replace Allen...

15 Agroforestry Technicians Drilled On CoCoSeD Model

Some 15 Agroforestry field-basedtechniciansfrom four regions in Cameroon, have been schooled on the Community Conservation Social Enterprise Development (CoCoSED) Initiative. This was during a two-day Annual Review and Planning Meeting held in...

ERuDeF Awarded Best Environmental Non-Profit in Cameroon

The Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) has been awarded by the The Guardian Post for championing environmental protection campaign in Cameroon. The award was received by ERuDeF’s President/Chief Executive Officer, Louis Nkembi...