5. Community Conservation, Environmental education & Ecotourism

5. Community Conservation, Environmental education & Ecotourism

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Activities

□ School outreach programme: Continued the 2021-2022 programme: 10 schools, 32 classes, and 1800 school children; monthly efforts: 72 men.hours

□ Saturday Nature Club: Postponed until 2022

□ Art4Nature: Continued to produce billboards, posters, and radio podcasts to

promote forest ecosystem preservation.

□ Green project: 50 community members benefited from the Community-based Green

Economy; 15 ex-hunter members sustainably harvesting wild herbaceous plants: 799.5 kg of Aframomum stems and 940 kg of Costus stems; 35 women members harvesting crop by-product: 923 kg of cassava leaves, 4,420 kg of papaya leaves, 2,073 kg of potato leaves, 396 kg of invasive Trumpet wood shoots, corresponding to 88 trees hand-cut; 993,640 FCFA (€1,517) paid directly to the local community association this month; 11,015,795 FCFA (€16,818) contributed to alleviate local poverty and increase gender equity in 2021.

December 2021 objectives

□ Continue with ongoing programs □ Organize a beach cleaning at DownBeach Limbe with partner schools □ Organize the Christmas Nature Club at the Limbe Wildlife Centre for the staff children