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Urgence en Afrique de l'Ouest : La Surpêche menace les droits humains et les ressources halieutiques

Le 9 février 2023, à l'issue d’un atelier régional organisé par la Coalition for Fisheries Transparency à Accra, au Ghana, des organisations de ...

Protection de la Faune et Gestion Durable : Nouveaux Plans pour les Zones de Chasse autour du Parc National de Lobéké

Dans le Sud-Est du Cameroun, le Parc National de Lobéké (PNL) et ses environs sont confrontés à une menace croissante due à ...

Kigali Hosts ANAES Executive Meeting and Capacity Building Workshop for African NGOs

The second meeting of the African NGOs Alliance for Environmental Sustainability (ANAES) took place in Kigali from June 5 to 7, 2024. This followed the inaugural meeting held in October 2023. The event was organized by ...

Les AMCEZS ou le futur espoir de la conservation au Cameroun

En 2023, le Cameroun à travers le Ministère des Forêts et de la Faune (MINFOF), a adopté le concept d’AMCEZ (d’Autres Mesures de Conservation Efficace par Zone). ...

CAMEROON DEFINES GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR MARINE PROTECTED AREAS

The first set of elements to be taken into account in the elaboration of guidelines for drawing up and implementing management plans ...

330000 MANGROVE TREES PLANTED IN TWO YEARS

In just two years, more than 330000 mangroves plants have been planted in Mouanko and Dibombari in the Littoral Region of Cameroon thereb ...

AU MILIEU DE CES DÉFIS, NOUS AVONS OBTENU DES RÉSULTATS ENCOURAGEANTS

Au cours de l’année 2023, le CWCS a collaboré avec le gouvernement, d’autres ONG, le secteur privé, les communautés et les partenaires financiers pour ...

AMIDST THE CHALLENGES WE DELIVERED EXCITING RESULTS

During 2023, CWCS engaged government, NGOs, private sector, communities and donor partners to shape a better future for humanity and nature....

Commonwealth University confers Honorary Doctorate to CWCS Coordinator

The Academic Council of the Commonwealth University in Kigali on November 22, conferred the honorary title of Doctor of Wildlife and Conservation Management (Honoris Causa) to Dr. Gordon ...

Pioneer conservator appointed for Mount Manenguba Herpeto-ornithological sanctuary

The Mount Manenguba Herpeto-ornithological sanctuary was gazetted by the government of Cameroon earlier this year precisely in February 2023 ....

Celebrating Mangrove day and Week 26 July, 2023 National Coordinator’s message

Dear Mangrovists, I am very delighted to be in touch with you on this special day and week “The Mangrove week”...

BIOPAMA Supported Project: Inventories show community hunting zones rich in wildlife, non-timber forest products

The Cameroon Wildlife Conservation Society (CWCS) field team began multiple resource inventories in Community...

APPEL A CANDIDATURES POUR LE RECRUTEMENT D'UN CONSULTANT ETHNOBOTANISTE

CWCS recrute un consultant ethnobotaniste ayant une solide expérience dans la réalisation d'inventaires...

CWCS showcases co-management, Other Effective Areas Based Conservation at African Protected Areas Congress

The Cameroon Wildlife Conservation Society (CWCS) actively participated in the first African Protected Areas Congress (APAC) held in Kigali Rwanda from...

100 chimps still holding out in Douala-Edea National Park

Now confirmed, at least 100 central chimpanzees still live in the Douala Edea National Park, Littoral Region of Cameroon. A dry season survey conducted by a research team of Cameroon Wildlife Conservation Society (CWCS) in March 2022...

Importance of Co-Management in Protected Area Management in Douala-Edea National Park Cameroon

Created in 2018, the Douala Edea national park covers 262,935 ha with 300,000 ha of surrounding multiple use zones comprising community forest areas,...

Communities consulted as process to create Tchabal Mbabo National Park hots up

A Cameroon Wildlife Conservation Society (CWCS) team has organised a series of consultations meetings and public dialogue with indigenous people, traditional rulers and local communities living around the Tchabal Mbabo Reserve as...

Stepping further into the sea

The year 2022 marked a watershed for the Cameroon Wildlife Conservation Society (CWCS). As world leaders, stakeholders and activists for the protection of nature concerted and raised their voices to find sustainable solutions to climate change and a deal to reverse global biodiversity loss, CWCS made vital ...

Project to combat illegal fishing in Douala-Edea Marine National Park launched

A project to combat illegal, destructive over-fishing in the waters of Douala-Edea Terrestrial and Marine National Park, has been launched in Mouanko in the Sanaga Maritime Division, Littoral Region of Cameroon.

Mangrove Network urges stronger action against destructive fishing

The Cameroon Mangrove Conservation Network (RCM) has come out strongly against Illegal and unregulated fishing, and destruction of the mangroves ecosystem during its seventh round table meeting held in Kribi, in the South of Cameroon in December 2022.

Communiqué aménagement des aires protégées

Un atelier d'élaboration des lignes directrices des directives pour l'élaboration et la mise en œuvre des plans d'aménagement des aires protégées marines et autres mesures de conservation efficaces par zone marine au Cameroun s'est tenu recemment a Nkolafamba...