May 15, 2012
- West African countries faced with food insecurity include Senegal, Gambia, Niger, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso as well as the northern tips of Nigeria and Cameroon
May 13, 2012
- By Fidelis Pegue Manga
When Mary Ashu, 29, was posted to serve as forest ranger on the east flank of the Dja Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that straddles the East and South Regions of Cameroon in 2007, she beamed with enthusiasm.
Not long after taking up service, he presence began being felt at a control post near the reserve. Mary would thoroughly search every single vehicle and confiscated bushmeat, panther skins and elephant...
May 8, 2012
- Ever wonder what it would be like to be charged by a male gorilla? A new video (below) released by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), gives one a first hand look. Shot in Cameroon's Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary, the video is the first camera trap footage of the incredibly rare Cross River gorilla subspecies (Gorilla gorilla diehli); listed as Critically Endangered, the subspecies is believed to be down to only 250 individuals.
The paper, available in English and French, targeted at government, private sector and civil society, seeks to stimulate a debate regarding the palm oil industry’s growing demand for large tracts of land in Cameroon, notably in forest areas. The government of Cameroon has committed to become an emerging economy by 2035, and the agricultural sector has a major role to play in achieving this goal....
May 7, 2012
- The paper, available in English and French, targeted at government, private sector and civil society, seeks to stimulate a debate regarding the palm oil industry’s growing demand for large tracts of land in Cameroon, notably in forest areas. The government of Cameroon has committed to become an emerging economy by 2035, and the agricultural sector has a major role to play in achieving this goal....
April 25, 2012
April 24, 2012
- CAMEROON, Sub-Saharan Africa (25 April, 2012)_Logging companies play a key role in developing forest regions in Central Africa, a CIFOR report studying the impact of commercial forest management says. Services in forest regions are scarce. However, because logging companies possess concessions of about 8.5 million hectares, which overlap with village land use, they have a [...]
- The latest Bulletin from the CMS Secretariat highlights: new efforts to address key threats to the cross-river gorilla between Nigeria and Cameroon, migration between Ethiopia and South Sudan; and a Central Asian initiative to develop an international action plan for the conservation and sustainable use of argali sheep.
April 23, 2012
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Dear Friends,
The continuous, sometimes subtle, violence of conservation and development against indigenous peoples continues, unchecked even at the highest levels by the most worthy-sounding agencies of the United Nations.
As this newsletter reports, the...