Remote sensing has made huge breakthroughs in recent years in providing global maps of land cover and land use. A … More
Category: Cameroon
Une journée chez les écogardes
Le drapeau du Cameroun se dresse lentement et en silence au-dessus des écogardes alignés au garde-à-vous. Les couleurs du drapeau … More
Une journée chez les Baka
Les grumiers soulèvent des nuages de poussière en emportant avec eux des petits bouts de forêt. Depuis quelques jours, j’ai … More
Decolonising protected areas: Sapelli in eastern Cameroon
Whilst being initially hesitant to work in this controversial and problematic context, I decided that this was an opportunity to initiate change, whereby the voices and values of the Baka could be taken seriously
“We are weeping with our knowledge of the forest”
I have been living with the Baka, one of Central Africa’s hunter-gatherer groups, for the last 5 months. As an … More
Electric Guitars and Environmental Justice
It’s not an easy ride from Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, to Gbiné. A six hour bus to Bertoua, followed … More
Are poachers really the bad guys?
The word poacher is a horrible word. It carries with it images of slain rhinos, piles of ivory, … More
Reuniting people and maps: Participative Mapping 2017 at Cal Poly
Maps have changed the world. If you’ve visited Madrid’s Naval Museum, you will have seen a map drawn by an … More
Ready, Set, Report! Five forest communities are showcasing a new style of conservation
We’re often told that we shouldn’t trust first impressions. In the case of Baka forest hunter-gatherer communities in Cameroon, … More
Forest People, Forest Elephants, and Forest Citizen Science in Cameroon
Since its initial development, Sapelli has been closely interlinked with conservation aims, ranging from resource monitoring in the Congo and CAR to … More
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