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Springing from Dja Faunal Reserve’s dense rainforest, Bouamir is one of the largest and most iconic outcrops in this 5,260 sq. kilometer protected area in southern Cameroon. It is also home to the landscape’s great apes, so when a baby chimpanzee…

​On Wednesday, the World Parks Congress (WPC) in Sydney wrapped up with a moving shout-out to a number of rangers from Africa who every day defend the continent’s natural heritage.Considering Africa’s extraordinary assemblage of fauna, flora and…

Across the 14 landscapes where we work, the elements of our approach—leading for wildlife, living with wildlife, and caring for wildlife—complement each other. How they work together depends on the threats and pressures specific to each landscape.In…

In the small community of Kagnol, bordering the Dja Faunal Reserve in southeastern Cameroon, 28-year-old Alo Mpoal Frank carefully spreads cocoa beans to dry outside his home. The beans, harvested from his nearby farm, represent a significant shift…

In the sun-scorched villages of Tchamba, nestled within northern Cameroon’s rugged Faro landscape near the Nigerian border, the cracked earth and brittle grass reveal an ecosystem under siege from advancing climate change. Adjacent to Faro National…

The rainforests of West and Central Africa are alive with sound and life. Beneath a thick canopy where sunlight filters through towering trees, ferns and vines tangle across barely visible trails. These forest paths—shaped by people and wildlife…

Under the bright midday sun in Schouam, a small village bordering the Dja Faunal Reserve in south-eastern Cameroon, the tin roof of Mango’o Clautilde and Sere Etienne’s home shines against a lush backdrop of forest.Just steps away, Etienne prepares…

In charge of ecological monitoring and biodiversity conservation at the Dja Biosphere Reserve in Cameroon, Roger Bruno Tabue Mbobda became an ecoguard because, quite simply, “I wanted to become a renowned environmentalist.” It is not an easy job,…

Underneath the soil and within the earth, the world is not quiet. Down below insects slither, small rodents and reptiles tunnel and call to one another, plant roots shuffle the soil as they stretch out — each casting an acoustic shadow. Some of the…