Our Work

Biodiversity Conservation, Environmental Management and Landscaping

FAAFNET works with communities around Mount Cameroon and the Atlantic coast to protect flora and fauna, raise ecological awareness and encourage land use that keeps ecosystems sound while livelihoods improve.

Activities

What this programme involves

  • Environmental education in communities and schools
  • Awareness on the ozone layer and climate change
  • Disaster and natural disaster management
  • Landscape management
  • Sustainable utilisation of wetland resources, including mangrove ecosystems
  • Awareness on man-made disasters such as bush fire and deforestation
  • Sustainable land use management
  • Biodiversity conservation of flora and fauna
Sunlight filtering through a tropical forest rich in plant and insect life

Our Approach

How FAAFNET works with communities

  • Participatory work with village institutions and community forests
  • Awareness campaigns paired with practical alternatives to destructive practices
  • Applied, problem-solving research and field-level demonstration

Who Benefits

People and groups we work with

  • Local Women Groups
  • Youth Groups
  • Community-Based Organizations
  • Educational Institutions
  • Common Initiative Groups / Cooperative Societies
  • Community Forests
  • Farmers
  • Community Leaders

From the Field

Photographs from this area of work

Community members gathered at a tree-planting site
Coastal landscape in the South West Region of Cameroon