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Unsustainable development and poaching threaten the rich biodiversity of this Central African country known as “Africa in miniature.” To sustain Cameroon’s natural heritage, we combine policy engagement with people-centered, rights-based…

Chimpanzees play a vital role in maintaining forest health and contribute to human well-being through income-generating projects such as tourism. This year’s World Chimpanzee Day serves as a reminder to intensify our conservation and sustainable…

Each morning, Virginie Ambo'o and her sister-in-law, Clautilde Mango'o, walk along a narrow, muddy path through Schouam village in eastern Cameroon, near the Dja Faunal Reserve. With hoes on their shoulders and baskets of machetes, cocoa…

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) and the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife in Cameroon (MINFOF) have renewed their Memorandum of Understanding, sealing their partnership for the conservation of the country’s biodiversity for the next five years…

This week, the Cameroon Youth Biodiversity Network officially kickstarted its preliminary discussions on the Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework and the country's second National Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan. The group of 20 young influencers…

The Bagyeli, one of Cameroon's oldest Indigenous groups, have a deep-rooted connection to the forests of the Southern Region. Known as the "guardians of the forest" due to their intimate knowledge of and dependence on non-timber forest products …

Spanning over 5,260 square kilometers, the Dja Faunal Reserve in Cameroon is a critical biodiversity hotspot, home to critically endangered great apes, such as western lowland gorillas and chimpanzees. However, this vital ecosystem is under…