Lebialem Highlands: Reassessment of Conservation Priorities
Biodiversity in the Lebialem Highlands might have hit its biggest ever catastrophe in history, with IUCN Red List species, such…
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Forestry
Why Women’s Empowerment, Gender Equality Matters in Restoration
More than 75 percent of Earth’s land areas are substantially degraded, undermining the well-being of 3.2 billion people, according to the World’s first Comprehensive, Evidence-based Assessment. These lands that have…
Small holder farmers at Nlonako Muanenguba mountains gain capacity on composting
sixteen (16) farmers within the Nlonako Muanenguba landscape have been trained on composting as a sustainable means of coping with food insecurity and climate change. The training that took place…
ACACIA, SECRET TO IMPROVED SOILS FERTILITY AND OPTIMUM PRODUCTION
“I will never use any chemicals in agricultural production again.” Says Kedni Joseph, a forest farmer. Most farmers have experienced massive production and returns in the Forest Gardens Project with…
Forest Garden Farmer Uses Acacia Branches as Support, to Grow Climbing Beans
Climbing beans are tall vinyl plants that grow upwards off the ground by twisting round any support that the vines can find. Prized for their tender, fleshy pods, the two…
ConServation
Cameroon’s Endemic Bannerman’s Turaco in Dangerous Decline
The Bannerman’s turaco (Tauraco bannermani) is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family. This species is endemic to the Bamenda Highlands in Northwest Region of Cameroon. The Bannerman’s turaco…
ERuDeF Vision for the Conservation of Biodiversity in the Proposed Ekom-Nkam Waterfall Sanctuary
The Cameroon highlands are one of the most diverse in Central Africa region. The country is characterized by high diversity of fauna and flora. The Nlonako-Muanenguba Mountains landscape hosts the…
Wildlife
400,000 African pangolins are hunted for meat every year – why it’s time to act
Pangolins, a group of unique African and Asian scaly mammals, are considered to be one of the most heavily trafficked wild mammals in the world. They are hunted and traded…
Why Mt Nlonako Needs Urgent Gazettement
Mount Nlonako is a key melting pot for Cameroon’s exceptional herptofauna species. Located in the Littoral Region of Cameroon, this Mountain harbours over 93 amphibians’ species, 10 of which are…
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Climate Change
The Adamawa high plateau catchment area under intense modification
Article by Nja Beltin Tekuh The Adamawa plateau is dubbed the “water tower” of Cameroon, since a large number of the country’s rivers rise in the area. This major catchment…
Combatting Climate Change in Cameroon
The fight against climate change is one of the major challenges of our time. Forests have a fundamental role they play in climate change mitigation, by removing CO2 from the atmosphere…
Discover how local communities are determined to restore the Mt. Bamboutos ecosystem through tree planting
I will take part in every tree planting exercise on the Mount Bamboutos
Environment
Communities around the Deng Deng National Park in dire need of Education
By Nchanji Roland Deng Deng, situated in East Cameroon, where ERuDeF is working to create three community forests, to link the Deng Deng National Park and the Belabo Council Forest…
ERuDeF Adopts Participatory Approach in Deng Deng- Belabo Corridor
The Deng Deng National Park – Belabo Council Forest Conservation Corridor Project seeks to consolidate the conservation of migratory species (Western lowland gorillas, Central chimpanzees and African forest elephant) and…
Landslides: Causes, Consequences and Mitigation techniques
With the heavy rains Cameroon is recently experiencing, landslide slides and floods have become very common in most regions of Cameroon. These catastrophes have destroyed numerous properties and even claimed…
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Green Living
ERuDeF’s Fight against Desertification and Droughts
“Don’t let our future dry up. Food grows where the water flows”. The Environment Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) and its partners have been at the forefront in combatting Desertification and…
Celebrating the International Day of Biological Diversity amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
The year 2020 has been one of the most challenging years in human history given the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic that has claimed thousands of lives around the…
Achieving Conservation and Improving Livelihoods in the Lebialem Highlands.
Thanks to the exceptional richness of its forest ecosystems, the Lebialem Highlands- particularly the Tofala-Mone East corridor is well known for its rich biodiversity. With technical support from the African…
Community-Based Reporters Drive Conservation Advocacy To Grassroots
Some 30 reporters drawn from media organs across different communities of the Northwest and Southwest Regions, have strengthened their resolve, to drive biodiversity conservation advocacy to the grassroots. Yanick Fonki Ndeley…