PREAMBLE: The Centre for Indigenous Resources Management and Development (CIRMAD) joins the IUCN and INBAR as one of the non-governmental implementing partners of a climate adaptation project for the Waza, Benue and Kimbi-Fungom national parks of Cameroon. The project is…
THE IMPERILLED NSUP FOREST!
The Nsup Forest of about 2,500 ha in Balikumbat, in Cameroon’s North-west Region is a wetland ecosystem, now a highly threatened habitat. Besides the raffia (bamboo) palm (Rafiia venifera), its keystone species, are some timber trees and wildlife species like…
A JEWEL INSIDE THORNS – THE CASE OF THE KIMBI-FUNGOM NATIONAL PARK IN CONFLICT-STRICKEN NORTH WEST CAMEROON
A JEWEL INSIDE THORNS – THE CASE OF THE KIMBI-FUNGOM NATIONAL PARK IN CONFLICT-STRICKEN NORTH WEST CAMEROON INTRODUCTION This article is based on how the Centre for Indigenous Resources Management and Development (CIRMAD) has contributed to the conservation of…
Kom-Wum Forest Reserve: a veritable home to chimpanzees; potential Wildlife Sanctuary!
CIRMAD in chimpanzee conservation in Kom-Wum Forest Reserve CIRMAD has been working since 2016, under our Participatory Programme for the Protection of Chimpanzees (PAPPro-Chimps), for the integrated protection of the populations of the Endangered Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti). The…
CIRMAD leads chimpanzee conservation in Kom-Wum Forest Reserve, Cameroon
In partnership with Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, the Fundong Council, CIRMAD showcases the Kom-Wum Forest Reserve: A veritable home to the Endangered Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee. The poster also highlights the onerous work of Fotang Chefor, a PhD student who, hosted…
CIRMAD partners with Save The Snakes to mark World Wildlife Day 2020.
World Wildlife Day 2020! It was 3rd March again And as the world stopped to think again Of its threatened wildlife resources With the apt theme: “SUSTAINING ALL LIFE ON EARTH” CIRMAD and the Save The Snakes Graced it with…
Positive notes for Ako-Mbembe Forest Reserve, from Conservation stakeholders
Capitalizing on a lull in the armed conflict in the Ako Municipality CIRMAD organized a stakeholder meeting in Ako town on the 16th January 2020 for the mobilization of local stakeholders for chimpanzee conservation in Ako-Mbembe Forest Reserve; and the…
Trans-border logging further imperils Ako-Mbembe Forest Reserve
Disturbing field pictures of the excessive trans-border logging in Ako-Mbembe Forest Reserve, an internationally recognized habitat site of the Endangered Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee, via the Taraba State of Nigeria. The exploited wood is evacuated in logs and beams. Unfortunately, the response…
CIRMAD at launching Cameroon Pangolin Working Group – CPWG
On Friday 9th August 2019 CIRMAD joined TRAFFIC, LAGA, ZSL, WWF, CABAG, CBI, Former Mentor-POP Fellows and university researchers from Cameroon and abroad for the launching of the the Cameroon Pangolin Working Group (CPWG) at Hotel Dajoll at Mbankomo (near…
S.O.S the Ako-Mbembe Forest Reserve – chimp habitat site
As in our Facebook page, Centre for Indigenous Resources Management and Development – Cirmad, this we make this S. O. S. for the Ako-Mbembe Forest Reserve, one of the chimpanzee habitat sites of the North West Region of Cameroon,…