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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…

“Ngarkuwa.” This was the title bestowed on Manfred Aimé Epanda by Cameroon’s Tchamba chiefdom. Epanda, African Wildlife Foundation’s Cameroon country coordinator, has devoted the last two decades of his career to community conservation in his native…

In Cameroon, in the heart of the Congo Basin, where the canopy of the Dja Biosphere  Reserve stretches across the horizon, lies the small village of Bifolone. For generations, the Baka indigenous people have called this forest home. It has…