WWF's Central Africa Programme, headquartered in Cameroon, was founded in 1990. It is focsed on the Congo basin and provides support to WWF's offices and projects in Cameroon, Central african Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Gabon.
Founded: 1990
WWF Central Africa office, Cameroon
Office
WWF Central Africa Regional Programme Office (CARPO),
Yaounde
Programme Office Immeuble Panda Route "La Citronelle" B.A.T. Compound Yaounde Cameroon +237 22 21 70 83 +237 22 21 42 40
Contact
Peter Ngea
Communications Manager, WWF CARPO
WWF Central Africa Regional Programme Office (CARPO),
Yaounde
+237 22 21 70 83
WWF in Central Africa
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WWF Conservation Projects in Cameroon & Central Africa
WWF African Bushmeat Programme
The WWF Africa and Madagascar Programme has developed a bushmeat programme to implement projects that contribute to the protection of species threaten...
Elephant conservation in Africa
African elephants are the world’s largest terrestrial mammals. Although elephant numbers have recovered from record lows in the 1980s – today there ar...
Management of Ngoïla-Mintom Forest Block
The Ngoïla-Mintom forest block is relatively intact and rich in wildlife, timber species, minerals and other non-timber forest products (NTFPs). Howev...
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Forests fundamental to effective climate deal
The world’s ability to control climate change could be crippled if global leaders do not support clear and effective targets to arrest deforestation at climate talks in Copenhagen in December, WWF said at the conclusion of a key global foresty summit.
Ivory traffickers held in Central African Republic
Police detained two major ivory traffickers in the Central African Republic as a part of a joint operation with two conservation groups
Investors ready for forest carbon market if Copenhagen and countries supply certainty
A survey of investors with approximately US$7 trillion of assets under management has shown significant support for an expanded carbon market mechanism which would address the estimated 20 percent of global carbon emissions due to deforestation and forest degradation.
Major Cameroon raid nets key poachers, weapons and huge bushmeat haul
Authorities in southeast Cameroon last week seized more than 1,000 kgs of illegal bush meat and guns, and arrested 15 wildlife poachers in an unprecedented police operation.
Forest boost as poaching boss gets jail
A five-year jail sentence for a notorious elephant poacher could provide a lifeline for wildlife in and around an African rainforest that survived the Ice Age.
