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Cameroon

Last Updated
May 2023
12 Mha
Committed Area to restore by 2030
27 %
Forest Cover
36 %
Tree Cover
Cameroon

David PAYANG
AFR100 Focal Point, Cameroon

pavidch@yahoo.fr

Projects in Cameroon

Our Approach

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Steps to Success

Stakeholder involvement

Cameroun has put in place a LDN working group made of Government ministries/departments, research institutions, universities, NGOs, farmers and private sector. The Work group advises on policies and restoration activities relevant to and proceed to integrate LDN recommendation in ongoing initiatives.

A coordinating mechanism/platform

A national consultation of technical and policy actors was carried out in 2017 and a joint letter of intent was initiated in 2016 by Ministry of Environment, Nature protection and Sustainable Development (MINEPDED) and the Ministry of Forests and Wildlife (MINFOF) to better coordinate the AFR100 initiative. A national working group was created jointly by MINFOF and MINEPDED to enable the development and coordination of reforestation and implementation of Forest Landscape Restoration.

Capacity building

Forest and Environment Programme in Cameroun supported the farmers with a series of theoretical and practical training for successfully land restoration. LDN is mainstreamed into existing national land use policies and programs to accelerate implementation, there is still a need to increase the capacity of Government agencies and private sector in LDN strategies and specific objectives to accelerate implementation of LDN targeted short- and long-term plans.

Partnership

Partnerships in LDN is coordinated with the support of the Target Setting Program Land Degradation Neutrality (LDP-LDN) in close collaboration with the Global Mechanism for UNCCD with the contribution of the country’s development partners.  NGOs and CSOs support in capacity development/building as well as in implementation of the approved restoration activities. 

Key Milestones

  • Cameroon - National Action Programme
  • A reforestation inventory conducted in the dry savannah and wet savannah zone

 

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Our Vision

Cameroon envisions to achieve LDN, with reference to 2015 (no net loss), and improve an additional 10% of the territory (net gain) by 2030. 

Priority Interventions: 

  • Reinforce the political agenda on forest landscape restoration with the aim to increase capacities and resources to restore degraded and deforested landscapes
  • Transform areas of deforested and degraded lands into resilient and multifunctional ecosystems with the aim of improving local and national economy with focus on the three Northern Regions of Cameroon
  • Improve sustainable forest management and promote sylviculture of 2nd generation in forested areas and to protect biodiversity in forest ecosystems
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RESTORING DEGRADED LANDSCAPE THE CASE OF BAMUNKUMBIT NORTH WEST REGION CAMEROON

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Resources

6 Resources
in Cameroon

Document
10/11/2022
Fact sheet: Progress in Northern Maroua
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Website
10/11/2022
IUCN Website
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Website
10/11/2022
GIZ ProPFE Website
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Document
01/11/2022
Factsheet- Forests4Future Cameroun- French
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Document
01/11/2022
Factsheet- Forests4Future Cameroun-English
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Document
17/11/2022
Forests4Future Cameroun
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