Africa is bringing solutions; COP30 should respond with fair finances – WWF
WWF urges a bold Belém Package for Africa to keep the 1.5°C goal alive With COP30 underway in Belém, Brazil, the World Wide Fund, WWF, says the conference should respond…
COP30: UN climate change executive secretary calls for action
By Leocadia Bongben Ten years after the Paris Conference of the Parties (COP), the world meets in Belém, Brazil, today to discuss climate challenges, with the UN Climate Change Secretary…
COP30: Congo Basin CSOs say TFFF and CAFI Finance mechanisms are not accessible and unadapted to local realities
By Leocadia Bongben Representatives of civil society organisations, indigenous peoples and local communities, traditional authorities, community leaders, and public institutions from the countries of the Congo Basin gathered in Kinshasa…
Participatory monitoring breathes life into Cameroon MPA—yet challenges abound
“This story was produced with the support of Internews’ Earth Journalism Network.” By Leocadia Bongben Returning from the sea one morning in July with his catch, Nerville Eboma Ndomo, 25,…
Guidelines for the involvement of local communities in the management of protected areas
Through local committees, local communities are now involved in the maintenance of protected areas. Read about their responsibilities in the document below:
Pangolin scale trafficking: Two people to appear in court today
By Leocadia Bongben On October 22, a pair of individuals would appear before the Tibati High Court to respond to allegations of unlawfully possessing enormous pangolin scales. On July 3,…
From bedroom to forest floor: How a potent potion could save Cameroon’s vanishing trees
Ngala Killian Chimtom Cameroon’s vast forests, a critical global carbon sink, are vanishing. Population growth, rampant logging, and agricultural expansion are driving forest loss in the central African country. The…
Presidential Elections 2025: CJM urges candidates to make environmental protection key component of programmes
By Leocadia Bongben The Climate Justice Movement, CJM, is urging presidential candidates to prioritise climate justice and environmental conservation in their programmes and to implement audacious governance to make Cameroon…
Balanite, from forest to the market: How transforming non-timber forest products changed a woman’s life
By Leocadia Bongben “I now check my sugar level once a year, thanks to the natural products I started consuming and transforming,” says Djamilatou Maliki, her eyes sparkling under her…
Independent forest monitoring reveals illegal logging is draining biodiversity and finances
By Leocadia Bongben After a ten-year absence, the Independent Forest Monitoring, coordinated by the World Resource Institute in Cameroon, has returned with stark revelations about illegal logging in the country.…