Trans-Boundary Heritage Site Planned by Nigeria and Cameroon to Safeguard Endangered Species
Nigeria and Cameroon have announced plans to establish a trans-boundary heritage site aimed at protecting endangered species such…
Group of rare Cross River gorillas with babies caught on camera in Nigeria
Conservationists have captured images of a group of rare Cross River gorillas with multiple babies in Nigeria’s Mbe…
Community based approach the key to rainforest conservation
As the human population continues to grow at an exponential rate, the demands that arise have produced unforeseen…
BANCK Community Forest in Forest Corridor Approved by Cameroon Government
The government of Cameroon has approved the creation of a new community forest in Manyu Division. The two-year Provisional Management Agreement of the community forest to be named BANCK (Bakumba, Ayukaba, Numba, Chinda, Kendem) community forest, was approved by the Minister of Forestry and Wildlife, Philip Ngolle Ngwesse, through a Ministerial Decision N o 003 of January, 3 2018.
New Conservation Complex Will Protect Critically Endangered Cross River Gorillas in the Cameroon Highlands
Estimates on the number of Cross River gorillas (Gorilla gorilla diehli) remaining is 250–300 in the wild. Their…
Threatened bird thought to exist only in Nigeria and Ghana discovered in Cameroon
The Ibadan Malimbe (Malimbus ibadanensis) hitherto thought to exist only in Nigeria and Ghana was recently captured in…
Nigeria: Cooperation, education and enforcement key to Cross River gorilla survival
Efforts to save the Cross River gorilla, Africa’s most endangered ape, received renewed hope after the United Nations…
League City girl raises $700 for threatened gorillas
A gorilla species that’s been called Africa’s most-endangered primate has found an advocate in a League City girl….
Cameroon “new gorillas” need protection
A Cameroonian environmentalist group is lobbying for the establishment of a new national park at Cross River on…