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International Day of Forests 2021: time to rethink and redress our relationship with the forest
Man’s unsustainable way of exploiting forest resources has caused a number of problems, amongst which, forest degradation. The International Day of Forests 2021 presents to us another opportunity to rethink and redress what looks like geometric degradation of forest...
The future of wetlands: our perspective
January 2nd 2021 was commemorated as World Wetlands Day. Commemorated under the theme “Wetlands and water”, wetlands are a very important ecosystem that has unfortunately continue to experience unprecedented depletion. The theme for this year underscores the...
Cameroon: World’s Biggest Frog Near Extinction
The population of Goliath frogs in the wild, in Cameroon is decreasing due to accelerated habitat loss occasioned by deforestation, hunting, and over collecting from the wild for pet trade. The most is severe threat to this species is hunting for food, and new...
As Buea Hits Biggest Ever Water Crisis, ERuDeF University Institute plans to Drill Over 30 Boreholes
“it is embarrassing to say, but I just have to reveal that, in my house we go for more than two days without bathing, sometimes we can’t even flush our toilets, my children are now perpetual late comers in school, because they trek very long distances to get little...
Women In The World Of Covid-19
In the past women were seen as “the weaker sex”, they were socially, politically, economically and culturally inferior to their husbands. Subdue to remain under a man or boy in every domain. Just when the world saw the need for women’s equal right to participate in...
Microberlinia bisulcata Project in the Mokoko Forest Reserve & Mt. Cameroon
Within Cameroon, 15 of the country’s Critically Endangered trees are recorded from Mount Cameroon. It is a high priority for tree conservation, hosting more than 40 globally threatened tree species. Following the establishment of Mount Cameroon National Park (MCNP) in...
ERuDeF Determined in Protecting Pangolins from Imminent Extinction
As the world celebrate the Pangolin Day this February 20th, 2021, it should bear witness to the fact that the Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) in her efforts remain steadfast to the survival of the remaining pangolin population in the eastern...
WHY WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT, GENDER EQUALITY MATTERS IN RESTORATION
Ecosystem restoration is reversing degradation of ecosystems, e.g. forest landscapes, mangroves, watersheds, dry lands- to regain their functionality for the people and for the planet. More than 75 percent of Earth’s land areas are substantially...
The Mount Bamboutos Fons’ Association gains Legal Status
The Mount Bamboutos Fons’ Association (MBFA) has gained its legal status. This was early January 2021 after receiving the declaration certificate from the Senior Divisional Officer of Bamboutos in Mbouda. The news which came as a breakthrough from the president of the...
More sub-villages in Bangang village embrace the Mount Bamboutos Initiative
The people of Bameghuie I, Bameghuie II and Bamelang in the Bangang chiefdom, one of the villages in the mount Bamboutos Landscape, situated in Batcham sub-division of the Bamboutos Division in the West Region of Cameroon, have embraced the Mount Bamboutos Initiative...