How you can help WWF work in Cameroon's Coastal Forest Programme
Contact
Atanga Ekobo
(Programme Coordinator)
WWF Central Africa Regional Programme Office (CARPO),
Yaounde
T: +237 22 21 62 67
(Programme Coordinator)
WWF Central Africa Regional Programme Office (CARPO),
Yaounde
T: +237 22 21 62 67
You may want to help and participate in the successful work that is being carried out in the Coastal Forest Programme; here is a comprehensive list of what the project needs:
Vehicles- 2 four-wheel drive vehicles
- 5 all terrain motorbikes for patrols
Communications and electronic material
- 4 computers
- 5 high-capacity laptops
- 1 plotter
- 10 GPS with antenna (GPS III)
- 25 cyber trackers (GPS combined with pocket computer, to gather data in forest)
- 1 VSAT
- 4 mobile communications posts (portable radios for forest patrols)
- 2 digital cameras
- 1 digital video camera
- 1 beamer
- 1 combined DVD/VHS player
- 1 external DVD recorder
- 2 high capacity printers (1 colour printer)
Equipment
- 10 compasses
- 15 tents
- 25 backpacks
- 10 mattresses
- 20 sleeping bags for guards and research teams in the forest
- 10 binoculars for guards and other field teams
Volunteers
- 2 volunteers specialised in tourism who could help promote ecotourism, and advice communities. Fluency in French or English required.
- 1 volunteer with some experience in project development and management, especially community-based, small-scale projects. Fluency in English required.
The project would cover all of the volunteers' accommodation and field costs, as well as their transport within the area. It would also provide them with auxiliary staff.
