by ACF | Oct 8, 2018 | Elephants, Forest, Wildlife News
A new review paper finds that the loss of Africa’s forest elephants has broad impacts on their ecosystems, including hitting several tall tree species, which play a key role in sequestering carbon dioxide. Forest elephants disperse large seeds, keep the forest canopy... 
by Arend de Haas | Jul 17, 2018 | Forest, Great Apes
The highlands of South West Cameroon are a biodiversity hotspot that harbours unique but endangered species such as Cross River gorillas, chimpanzees, drill monkeys, forest elephants but also rare birds, amphibians and butterflies. The African Conservation Foundation... 
by ACF | Jun 21, 2017 | Forest
Liz Alden Wily, Leiden University The still new African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has issued a landmark judgement for marginalised communities across Africa. It ruled that the Kenyan government violated the rights of the Mau Ogiek people by evicting them from... 
by ACF | Mar 19, 2017 | Forest, Habitat News
Arend de Haas, African Conservation Foundation, University of Buea The highland rainforests of South West Cameroon are among the oldest forests on the continent. They comprise the richest flora and fauna in continental tropical Africa. The area is one of the world’s... 
by ACF | May 29, 2016 | Forest, Habitat News
Conservation Unplugged A three-dimensional model of part of the Cameroon Highlands has been unveiled today on Monday 30 May in an official ceremony at the Southwest Regional Delegation of Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF). A Participatory 3D Mapping project has been... 
by ACF | Nov 29, 2015 | Forest, Habitat News, Mining
Bill Laurance, James Cook University Africa’s natural environments and spectacular wildlife are about to face their biggest challenge ever. In a paper published today in Current Biology, my colleagues and I assess the dramatic environmental changes that will be driven...