Cameroon’s Baka people say they are part of the forest: that’s why they look after it
The Baka people of Bemba village, Cameroon, show how sharing is a viable forest management and conservation technique.
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Indigenous Baka community plant 5000 trees to regenerate the forest
The local people of Eastern Cameroon particularly the indigenous Baka could not sit and watch as one of their most valuable trees disappeared. The moabi tree (Baillonella toxisperma), is threatened by ...
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Ministries, conservation groups and indigenous communities unite to protect biodiversity and the rights of indigenous peoples
In April, Cameroon’s Ministry of Social Affairs organized a first-of-its-kind inter-ministry workshop to discuss protection of indigenous people’s rights in the implementation of biodiversity ...
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A Cameroon stadium spurs one community’s fight over ancestral lands
About 10 kilometers (6.3 miles) north of the Cameroon capital of Yaoundé, local members of the Yanda community say the ...
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Cameroon's Baka People Say They Are Part of the Forest - That's Why They Look After It
While doing fieldwork in 2020, I remember walking with Indigenous elders Ferdinand Mbita and Félix Mangombe up the small, winding path into their forest in Cameroon, jumping over highways of ...