Fifa World Cup 2026: Where forest and football meet for a shared home ground
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicking off in a few hours with opening ceremonies in Mexico, Canada, and the United States, WWF is using football’s special ability to bring…
Congo Basin: FLAG’s project on combatting cross-border illegal logging providing coaching in extension phase
By Leocadia Bongben Field Legality Advisory Group (FLAG) has unveiled activities to be carried out during the extension phase of its project, ‘Strengthening Cross-Border Collaboration to Combat Illegal Logging in…
WWF FLR Initiative is restoring 18 million hectares of ecosystems in nine countries – report
By Leocadia Bongben According to a recent report released by WWF, its “forest landscape restoration in Africa initiative” is helping 55,000 indigenous people in Africa and repairing 18 million hectares…
Cameroon increases the number of species prohibited from exportation as raw logs
By Leocadia Bongben The Cameroonian minister of forestry and wildlife, Jules Doret Ndongo, in a release on April 28, increased the number of species prohibited from exportation as raw logs.…
Combating Illegal Fishing: Cameroon is stepping up reforms, yet…
With exports of its seafood products to the European Union suspended since 2023, Cameroon is stepping up its reforms to combat “Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated” (IUU) fishing. Amid legal advances,…
‘Au coeur de la Jungle’, a WWF film, emphasizes the urgent need for conservation
By Leocadia Bongben A WWF film, ‘Au coeur de la jungle’ (in the heart of the jungle), shot in Cameroon and Gabon, plunges viewers into the heart of the Congo…
Cameroon development projects suffocating the Adamawa region; local communities are alarmed
By Leocadia Bongben In 2025, authorities successfully quelled a conflict between Mbororos and Baya in Ngaoundal, Djerem Division. However, conflicts with the Mbororo are a daily occurrence, in part due…
Environmental crimes: Gabon documents 105 forestry and wildlife litigations; Cameroon, DRC yet to produce reports
By Leocadia Bongben In 2020, NZIENGUI Clark and Mbina Marcelin were convicted of trespassing in the Gabon MOUKALABA Doudou National Park and possession of elephant tusks. Following investigations, they were…
Earth Hour: WWF Cameroon, pupils, and partners create awareness on biodiversity protection
By Leocadia Bongben The multisport complex at the Yaounde 5 Council in the city of seven hills served as the venue where Cameroonian pupils, youths, and partners joined the World…
Wildlife Trade: Tough times for traffickers as imprisonment awaits them
By Leocadia Bongben Tough times for traffickers in wildlife species, as a total of 8 traffickers were sentenced to varying prison terms in 2025. They were sentenced under the 1994…