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.
Congo Basin is one of the most important places on earth, Jim P. Leape
The Director General of WWF International, Jim P. Leape accompanied by the Director General of the Africa region segment of the German Dvelopment Bank, KfW recently made a whirlwind trip to parts of the
Congo Basin passes 1 million ha milestone in swing to sustainable forestry
Yaoundé, Cameroon - WWF today announced that more than one million hectares of Congo Basin forests have achieved certification under the world’s leading sustainable forestry scheme.
Another ivory trafficker napped in Southeast Cameroon
Game rangers in Southeast Cameroon, July 14, 2008, confiscated 22 ivory tusks and 11 elephant tails. The owner of the tusks, a businessman had cut each tusk into two halves, packed them in two plastic bags and hidden them in the driver compartment of a fuel tanker en route to Cameroon's economic capital city Douala. The tanker driver escaped abandoning his truck while the poacher has been arrested and detained, pending trial. Wildlife authorities, supported by forces of law and order, are searching for other suspects in connection with the act.
Protecting Baka pygmies access to forest resources in Southeast Cameroon
An ongoing WWF study to determine use zones of Baka pygmies in Boumba-Bek national park has recommended that the Bakas be granted more access to natural forest resources inside the national park. The study was done in collaboration with international, national and local NGOs specialized in working with indigenous forest peoples.
East Cameroon forest clearing – wildlife bastion
Ikwa is the name of a remarkable forest clearing within the Nki National Park located about 500 km to the east of Cameroon’s capital city, Yaoundé. The marshy clearing which is about twice the size of a football field, now appears to be among the most attractive destination for wildlife, notably forest elephants.