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Cameroon: The EU and international actors must help communities defend their ancestral forests

Despite the efforts, the endless talks, and the international agreements, large-scale industrial deforestation continues unabated in Cameroon, nudged along by the Cameroonian government and under the tolerant gaze of international...

07/05/2024

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Logging begins in Cameroon’s Ebo forest, putting communities and rare biodiversity at risk

The EU must use the tools at its disposal to encourage Cameroon to save Ebo forest

12/12/2023

EU deforestation regulation must strengthen the FLEGT process and producer countries’ own efforts to combat deforestation

The EU’s deforestation regulation must strengthen the FLEGT process and producer countries’ own efforts to combat deforestation, says Justin Kamga, Coordinator of Cameroonian NGO Forêts et Développement Rural (Foder).

21/11/2022

Cameroon’s forests can be saved – but only with the support of local communities and environmental activists

Lush, tropical forests cover approximately 40 per cent of Cameroon, yet since 1990, more than three million hectares have been cleared – an area approximately the size of Belgium. The destruction is driven by agriculture, logging...

25/10/2021

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A win for Ebo forest, an unsettling broader picture in Cameroon

In mid-August the Government of Cameroon announced the cancellation of a contested logging concession for Ebo forest, thus suspending a decree adopted only weeks before that had opened 68,385 hectares for logging (FW 256). The...

16/09/2020

News

Rescuing Cameroon’s Ebo forest could provide testing ground for local land use solutions

Donors should take note of well-considered alternative to forest conversion.

10/06/2020

News

Forest defenders on the COVID-19 frontline stand ready to assist the global EU response

Peoples’ and the planet’s resilience can be enhanced by integrating the COVID-19 response with European Green Deal initiatives and prioritising the most vulnerable.

12/05/2020

News

The Congo Basin Forest Partnership: a powerful force to save Central Africa’s forests?

German facilitation of the Partnership could set an innovative course.

13/02/2020

Blogs

Ending corruption, improving forest governance: why it matters

Fern campaigner, Marie Ange Kalenga was invited to produce a blog for Transparency International’s 20th anniversary. Beyond obvious criminal implications, corruption is an assault on people, forests and the environment. It can be stopped.

11/12/2019

Blogs

The Amazon and the Congo Basin: the same threats, the same battles

Catholic bishops speak out on protecting indigenous communities and rainforests in the Amazon and worldwide and says it is time to listen to the cry of people and of nature.

13/11/2019