Despite global gloom, wildlife is recovering in Cameroon
By Leocadia Bongben According to the Living Planet Report 2026, in Cameroon, wildlife populations have increased over the last decade despite the 80 per cent decline in numbers across Africa…
COP17: Can the world reverse biodiversity loss by 2030?
The UN Biodiversity Conference kicks off today in Yerevan, Armenia, from 19 to 30 October. The meeting will take stock of progress, identify where countries are falling behind and, crucially,…
Congo Basin gives hope despite nature loss – WWF Living Planet Report 2026
By Leocadia Bongben According to the Living Planet Report 2026, the Congo Basin, home to forest elephants, great apes, bonobos and okapis, is under growing pressure from agricultural expansion, logging,…
Wildlife Crime: Three face charges for trafficking in pangolin scales
Three wildlife traffickers are facing charges before the High Court in Yokadouma for the illegal trade in pangolin scales. The matter is presently under investigation by an examining magistrate in…
Yaounde parliamentary conference:WWF expert say Congo Basin conservation has a price; the global community should pay
By Leocadia Bongben At the parliamentary conference on science, environmental governance, and climate finance in Yaounde from September 22 to 24, a WWF expert says Congo Basin conservation has a…
Strengthening collaboration to combat cross-border illegal logging: FLAG counts achievements, charts way forward
By Leocadia Bongben Field Legality Advisory Group (FLAG), in partnership with the World Resources Institute (WRI), has identified key achievements and is charting the way forward at the end of…
Cameroon’s Community Forests: A Promised Model Falling Short
By Adrienne Engono Epse Moussang and Bongben Leocadia Jisi Community forestry was designed as a community empowerment tool but has largely become a vehicle for elite capture and continued deforestation…
Ebo Forest: Cancel concessions allocated, consider alternatives to logging, Greenpeace urges government
Greenpeace Africa calls on the Cameroonian government to cancel the logging concessions allocated in Ebo and to freeze the allocation of new concessions in territories where local communities and Indigenous…
Greenpeace Africa, motorbikes, to hit Yaoundé streets with flood awareness and waste management campaign
By Leocadia Bongben Greenpeace Africa and motorbike riders will storm the streets of Yaoundé come Saturday, August 29, for a public mobilisation to raise awareness about floods, climate change, forest…
Congo Basin Forest Conversion: Stakeholders agree rights of communities must be preserved
By Leocadia Bongben Participants at a two-day workshop on land conversion in the Congo Basin have agreed that preserving community rights in the forest conversion process is key. The two-day…