Photo Credit: WCS/Antonio Bóveda

Around 10% of Cameroon is classified as a national park: areas of ecological and environmental significance, managed by the state. 

It is not just the ecology of the national parks that is important to care for. The resources within them are vital for people too.

Settled communities living nearby farm and hunt, taking what they need from the parks, but not always in sustainable ways.

During the seasonal cattle migration, herders will move their cattle into national parks, looking for water and grazing. This becomes a problem if it leads to destructive practices, like the burning of large areas for pasture.

Concordis’ role is to work in two parks: Bouba Ndjida and Benoué. There, we will facilitate conversations between the different groups who use two parks and those who work to protect them.