Championing gender equality to boost forest conservation in Cameroon
Women make up more than half of Cameroon’s 27 million citizens. About 70% of these women live in rural areas. Many of them harvest wild forest products to help sustain their families. However,…
Climate action by youth in Cameroon
Citizens of Cameroon have increasingly suffered from the effects of climate change. Global warming produces different effects in the various regions of the country. In southern Cameroon it’s the…
27/05/2025
Jurisprudence and the forests of Cameroon
Cameroon’s forest is part of the Congo Basin, Africa’s largest rainforest. The country boasts almost 19 million hectares of humid dense forest as part of its 30 million hectares of natural forest.…
27/05/2025
Forest conservation and management
The African Forest Forum (AFF) was set up in 2007 to generate knowledge and build capacity for the vital task of protecting forests, sustaining use and management of its resources as the continent…
27/05/2025
Containing forest pests and diseases
African Forest Forum is a vital and active institution, sponsoring and facilitating research to tackle the many threats to the continent’s forests and trees. They have supported Kenya in…
27/05/2025
Research and forest-related livelihoods
Kenya has over 2.6 million hectares of gazetted forests, spread out over 8.83% of the country’s land mass. This is up dramatically from about 3% just 5 years ago. The country boasts a variety of…
27/05/2025
Enlisting the youth to fight for forests
Abel Kamfwe, Executive Director of Green Generation Zambia during a field visit at Kakuzi Plc in Makuyu, Murang’a County, Kenya Abel Kamfwa became aware of his nation’s changing…
27/05/2025
Ecosystems at the centre of conservation
A forest is not just a collection of trees. It involves the wildlife that makes it their home. It is habitat for insects and other life that it nourishes with its leaves, bark and groundwater.…
27/05/2025
How industry and forests can co-exist
The Lusaka South Multi-Facility Economic Zone (LS-MFEZ) occupies 2,100 hectares of land that used to be the exclusive domain of the Zambian capital’s forest. Now it houses 98 businesses, representing…