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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 as the Gross River Gorilla,the Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee and the African…
Buea Hits Biggest Ever Water Crisis;EUI Rethinking New Water System Design
“it is embarrassing to say, but I just have to reveal that, in my house we go for more than two days without bathing, sometimes we can’t even flush our…
Protecting Pangolins from Imminent Extinction
As the world celebrated the Pangolin Day this February 20, 2021, it should bear witness to the fact that the Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) in her efforts remain…
Cameroon’s Endemic Bannerman’s Turaco population in steady Decline
Cameroon prides itself as one of the countries in Africa with the highest number of bird species. With close to about 1000 bird species, Cameroon’s bird’s population has been facing…
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…
Cameroon’s World’s Biggest Frog Near Extinction
The population of Goliath frogs in the wild, in Cameroon is decreasing due to accelerated habitat loss through deforestation, hunting their meat for food, and over collecting from the wild…
ARIENSCO RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS WILDLIFE HABITAT COUNCIL CERTIFICATION
BRILLION, Wisconsin — (January 22, 2021) — AriensCo has received the prestigious Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) Conservation Certification® for its work to restore and conserve 150 acres of natural ecosystem…
Importance of Cross River Gorillas as part of the Ecosystem of the Tropical Rainforests
The Lebialem Highlands located in the mountainous region of the South West Region, Cameroon harbors one of the prestigious species with high conservation values. Scientific research showed the Gorillas and…
Communities around the Deng Deng National Park in dire need of Education
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Traditional fishing along the streams in/around the village of Sakoudi
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Cameroon records 1607 cases of COVID-19 in 7 days
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Cameroonian Lives reduced to dust after vehicles catches flames in road accident
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Bakassi Mangroves in Need of Urgent Conservation Action!
The Bakassi mangroves are under serious threats from deforestation/degradation leading to decline in species population thus affecting the human livelihood that depend on this resources. The use of unsustainable practices…
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…
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…
Discover how Cameroon’s Bad Roads Are taking Lives indiscriminately
Roads they say were made for journeys not destination. As such, roads should lead you somewhere. Cameroon has witnessed fatal accidents over the months across the national territory thus leaving…
Cameroon Stakeholders Adopt COVID-19 Strategies to fight HIV
Cameroon, being one of the countries hit by COVID19 has surprisingly contained the virus with relative ease and composure. Even though of recent, what is now known as the second…
The State of Biodiversity and People amidst the Socio-Political Crisis in the Lebialem Highlands
For the past two decades, tremendous efforts have been put in place by the Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF), in partnership with the government of Cameroon to conserve the…
Secondary School Teachers in Cameroon Compelled to do the COVID- 19 Test
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The Adamawa high plateau catchment area under intense modification
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Stop! The illegal wildlife trade: Why Elephants around the Deng Deng National Park are in Great Trouble
The African forest elephant (Loxodontaafricanacyclotis) has been widely hunted for its tusks and more recently for its meat, threatening its future survival. The population of African forest elephant has fallen…
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…
SAVING (WILDLIFE) IN DENG DENG NATIONAL PARK-DJA CORRIDOR: AN ENGAGING TASK FOR ERUDEF
Mere Dreams are just dreams but dreams with visions are real dreams. When God smiled in Genesis giving man dominion over what he has created, he made man have a…
Primate Species greatly threatened in the Deng Deng National Park-Belabo Council Forest
The least concern primates in the Deng Deng National Park-Belabo Council Forest are of great concern today. The four species of least concern primates including the putty nosed monkey, the…
Bush meat consumption; a big blow to biodiversity conservation in Deng Deng
Inhabitants of remote areas in several developing countries across the world are still performing traditional practices, like hunting and cultivating crops, to ensure livelihood subsistence. These traditional practices indicate that…
As Cameroon government backtracks on logging concession of Ebo Forest: what next?
-Ebo forest spans 200,000ha-The forest is one of the few pristine forest in Central Africa located in Southwestern Cameroon, precisely in the Littoral Region of Cameroon–Ebo forest is home to…
Nlonako –Muanenguba Mountains under severe Human Pressure: Biodiversity vulnerable
Nlonako –Muanenguba Mountain represents one of the most fragile ecosystems in Cameroon harboring some of the worlds threaten fauna species that appear on the IUCN RED list. Most of these…
Why Cameroon’s Biodiversity is Declining and its Consequences
Lately, Biodiversity in Cameroon has been in deep crisis, with an increase of illegal hunting, deforestation, unsustainable exploitation of natural resources and forest clearance for agriculture and the search for…
About five thousand People affected by Douala Floods
Friday August 21, witnessed heavy down pour in Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon. This left denizens helpless as water had covered the streets. The devastating effects of this left…
Pencil Case Project overjoys school girls
“I can’t believe it! I wasn’t drawing with the intentions of winning anything, I just decided to draw because I just like drawing and believed my art work is not…
Male Olive Baboon finds home in the Deng Deng Community
For a month now and counting, the people of Deng Deng have been delighted to receive a new family member, (a male Olive Baboon). He has been swaggering around the…
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…
Primates of the Kimbi-Fungom National Park Threatened!
Some species of primates in the Kimbi-Fungom National Park are seriously threatened as habitat fragmentation and intense hunting activities have frustrated their population. Thus, the small surviving population no longer…
Worthless Risk? Farming and trading in the midst of two cruel crisis
Cameroon seems to be the epicenter of the Coronavirus in West and Central African sub region after the number of positive cases has risen exponentially (over 16000 presently). The Anglophone…
Deng Deng-Belabo Conservation Corridor Project Launched
The mission to save the western lowland gorillas and impact lives in the eastern region of Cameroon has reached a milestone, after The Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) launched…
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…
Impact of COVID 19 on agricultural productivity in Nlonako Landscape
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread across the world, it is essential to address its existing and potential impacts on the Agri-food sector, from the perspective of both food…
Pastoralists increasingly join the Mount Bambotous Initiative
Recently, pastoralis have become increasingly interested in other activities other than rearing of cattles. They have been encouraged and lured by the Mount Bamboutos Initiative. Through this project, the Bororos…
ERuDeF to launch the Deng Deng National Park-Belabo Council Forest Conservation Corridor Project
The Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF), on June 11, 2020 will be launching the Deng Deng National Park-Belabo Council Forest Conservation Corridor Project, East Cameroon. Through this project, ERuDeF…
Bishop Kleda rubbishes fake COVID-19 cure circulating on social media
In the midst of the stiff battle between the Cameroonian people and the intransigent coronavirus, certain persons have taken to social media, advertising a drug (Kledavid), claimed to be produced…
How Forest Gardens in Cameroon are sustained despite covid-19 threat
Covid-19 has pervaded every aspect of our lives; and although we may feel the various impacts in different ways, there is one factor that affects majority of the population: food.…
COVID-19, a Huge Challenge for IDPs
The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Cameroon have been going through untold hardship in their new settlements. These people, who have been displaced because of the Anglophone crisis, now live…
The impact of Covid- 19 on Education in Cameroon
The Covid 19 situation in Cameroon is evolving rapidly, with dozens of new cases reported each day. Adding to the current challenges linked to conflict and political tensions, the Covid…
Tales of Forest Rangers in the Lebialem Highlands
In the midst of the dreadful Anglophone crisis, most Forest Rangers have been caught up in what can be termed a “bitter ordeal”. Wildlife in Anglophone Cameroon on its part…
Biodiversity in crisis in the Lebialem Highlands
Since the outbreak of the intransigent Anglophone crisis in the Northwest and Southwest Regions of Cameroon, many people in rural areas have been displaced, with majority of them finding refuge…
Cameroons Great Apes increasingly poached into extinction
It is heart breaking but not surprising for environmental preservationists, to watch admirable species of plants and animals, go into extinction, but the situation of the Great Apes in Cameroon…
Overcoming NGO Dependability on Donor Funds
The activities of most non-governmental organizations (NGOs) around the globe, center around, but not limited to protecting the environment, helping the sick and needy, preserving arts and culture and others.…
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