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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Cameroon Biodiversity Expedition Initiative:

We Came In Direct Contact With 5 Chimps – Volunteers Some two international volunteers who recently camped in the heart of the Tofala Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, have expressed total extolment for the biodiversity of this protected area. This was...

Lewoh Women Cooperative Society Gets OHADA Status

The Lewoh Women Cooperative Society (LeWoCoS) has been officially legalised as per the dictates of the OHADA (Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Laws in Africa) Laws. This was done recently, after the executives of the Cooperative...

72 Farmers At Mt Bamboutos Adopt Agroforestry System

] Some 72 from four villages situated on the Lebialem Division flank of Mt Bamboutos, have adopted the agroforestry technique of agriculture. This was during a 6-day sensitisation meeting carried out in all the villages recently. The tour embarked on by the Lebialem...

Business Models for CPFAM Community Forest Developed

Two business models to cater for the enterprising needs of the Christian Philanthropic Farms and Missions Community Forest (CPFAM-CF), have been developed. The models developed recently in Ndian Division, Southwest Cameroon, covers four 4...

CAWI Puts Smiles On Faces Of Needy Girls In GHS Buea Town

Some 19 underprivileged teenage girls enrolling at the Government High School (GHS), Buea Town, breathed a sigh of relieve, Wednesday January 24, 2018. That was after receiving donations in cash and kind from the Centre for the Advancement of...