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On a Saturday morning in early May, a group of women gathered in an open field in Kabilone II village adjacent to the Dja Faunal Reserve in south-eastern Cameroon. They patiently waited their turn as a government representative from the reserve’s…

Maeva Tene’s journey into conservation was not one born of coincidence, but of legacy. As a child, she watched her father, a sport hunting guide, return from his expeditions. He would proudly show her photographs of his successes and display the…

In northern Cameroon’s Faro Landscape, near the border with Nigeria, Moussa Abdul reflects on how hunting once defined his community's livelihood. Over time, however, these practices led to overhunting and encroachment, depleting resources and…

Scorching sun, cracked earth, and dry grass; it is just another afternoon in Tchamba, a small village in the Faro landscape in Northern Cameroon, bordering Nigeria and 216 kilometers from Garoua, the region’s capital city. At the community’s…

Chance Conservationists is a series highlighting AWF staff who have embraced people-centered conservation in their professions despite coming from diverse academic fields. These remarkable individuals now espouse conservation values to propel the…

Faro National Park, an important protected area in Cameroon’s semi-arid northern region spans over 3,000 sq. kilometers, with the Faro and Deo Rivers forming a natural boundary. However, the protected area's close proximity to traditional grazing…

Mohamadou Ahmadou never imagined that River Faro, the gushing tributary of the Benue that his parents forbade him and his siblings from swimming in, would one day fill with sand and dry up in some sections. Growing up in Tchamba, Northern Cameroon…

In Cameroon’s Campo Ma’an National Park, frequent bushmeat seizures are worrying conservation officials. From 2020 to date, African Wildlife Foundation’s team on the ground has reported a total of 1,392 kg bushmeat from different animal species…

Established in 2000, Campo Ma’an National Park is a protected area in southern Cameroon created as environmental compensation for the controversial Chad-Cameroon Pipeline. The 2,460km sq. park neighbors five logging concessions, and agro-industries…

AWF focuses on conservation solutions that create opportunity for people, not at the expense of wildlife and their habitats, but because of them. In FY23, we supported nature-based livelihoods across 11 of our 14 landscapes. In Cameroon, two…