The Programme Coordinator of CIRMAD was part of the workshop to launch the COBALAM Project in Bafoussam on19/04/2018, with theme: “Removing barriers to biodiversity conservation, land restoration and sustainable forest management through COmmunty-BAsed LAndscape MAnagement (COBALAM)”. Our participation was as representative of NEST-CAM, to which CIRMAD is affiliated. COBALAM, a UNEP project under MINEPDED, funded by GEF and managed by Rainforest Alliance spells hope for biodiversity conservation in the NW, West and South Regions.