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... 
by ACF | Aug 8, 2015 | Habitat News, Wetlands
South Africa, your electricity is already being tampered with – what would you say if your water was too? This might be a reality if the rerouting of the N3 highway from Van Reenen to De Beer’s Pass gets the go ahead. And though these are located in the Drakensberg,... by ACF | Feb 23, 2015 | Forest, Habitat News
Johannesburg, 23 February 2015 – Endangered great ape species are having their rainforest habitat destroyed and threatened by the expansion of agribusiness projects in central Africa according to new evidence from Greenpeace Africa. Satellite images, obtained... 
by ACF | Feb 15, 2015 | Forest, Habitat News
The global headlines over the past few weeks have been filled with tales of the disastrous floods that have been sweeping the country. Lives have been lost, homes and crops have been destroyed, and vast swathes of land lie underwater. It would be ignorant to pass off...