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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CAWI Economic Recovery Fund impacts lives

CAWI Economic Recovery Fund impacts lives

ERuDeF’s Centre for the Advancement of Women’s Initiatives (CAWI), created some 10 years ago, has a new programme called the Economic Recovery Fund. This fund is the brainchild of CAWI with a vision of empowering displaced women, by supporting them through economic...

World Botanical Exchange and Services partners with ERuDeF

On Thursday February 13, 2020,the Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) represented by the President/CEO; Mr. Nkembi Louis and World Botanical Exchange and Services (WBES) represented by the Founder/CEO; Mr. Nkuinkeu Robert organised a collaboration...

CAWI supports IDPs economically

CAWI supports IDPs economically

(IDPs and CAWI after receiving their seed  capital) The economic empowerment program that was benefited by nine women,  was organized by ERuDeF Center for the Advancement of Women’s Initiatives (CAWI). Its main objective was to donate items to IDPs to start...

The PP15 Project wraps up  

This is a joint project of the Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF), Groupement D’Appui pour le Development Durable (GADD) and the Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (ACREST) that seeks to contribute towards the restoration and...

Indigenous farmers discover effective local insecticide

Indigenous farmers discover effective local insecticide

Some farmers in Njincha village, Noun Division,west Region of Cameroon have  drawn the attention of their counterparts,  as after so much research and experimenting, they now produce their own local insecticide. This insecticide has proven effective to them...

CAWI gives IDPs computer training for sustainability

CAWI gives IDPs computer training for sustainability

Director of CAWI Lucia Nkembi (left) IDPs (middle )computer instructor Alang Paul (right) The Humanitarian Division of the Centre for the Advancement of Women’s Initiatives (CAWI) has organized a two- week free computer training program for Internally Displaced...

The training of trainers on Forest Gardens

The training of trainers on Forest Gardens

Trees for the Future, an American based NGO, together with ERuDeF organized a five day training course to train trainers in the Western part of Cameroon on the forest garden farming approach. Forest garden is a multi-layered, integrated agricultural system, that...