“Forêts et Développement Rural,” FODER and partner associations on Friday, August 4, 2023 held a press conference in Yaounde on promoting transparency in the Cameroon forestry sector.
Land and natural resource transactions around Benue National Park (BNP) are moderately tainted by corruption. The Stakeholders' Perception of the Impact and Intensity of Corruption (SPIC) in and around the Benue National Park Biosphere Reserve in Cameroon was rated 6.32/10. This is the result of a recent study published by the organisation Forêts et Développement Rural (Foder).
The tropical Ebo Forest in Southwest Cameroon is known for its unique ecosystem and for being a home to endangered and rare species. However, in early 2020, the Cameroon government approved the creation of logging concessions in the forest. SciDev.Net published a story about the threat posed by the concessions to the communities and wildlife of the forest. By August 2020, the concessions had been cancelled. Local NGO Foder believes media attention, including SciDev.Net’s article, played an important role in this cancellation.