A woman pans for gold in Kambele 3, east region of Cameroon. The artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector is a crucial source of livelihood for thousands of people in Cameroon. In the Eastern region of Cameroon, many women are involved in ASM, where they play a significant role in […]
Globally, the rules and policies governing maritime and land-based operations are neither well-coordinated nor appropriately linked. The state of the seas, which in turn affects terrestrial ecosystems and the well-being of coastal communities, is affected by changes on land linked to anthropogenic activities like agro-industries or extractive industries. As a […]
Since 2017, the LandCam project has been working with local communities across Cameroon to understand local land governance issues and strengthen local voices to contribute to the framing of a land law that addresses their concerns. Land-related conflicts are recurrent in the Logone and Chari Division of the Far North […]
In Cameroon, the Far North is the region that experiences the most significant levels of food and nutrition insecurity. Indeed, in addition to the abuses perpetrated by the Islamist sect Boko Haram, these populations are particularly vulnerable to climate disruption, low agricultural productivity, and low food diversification. To help address […]
Cameroon has a great tradition of welcomingrefugees from neighbouring countries. In the past,this was justified by its political stability, althoughpunctuated by a few ups and downs, such as theBakassi conflict.Inland, people were moving more because of naturaldisasters (floods, droughts, etc.) and this was temporary.From the 1970s onwards, displacements of people […]
The issue of land royalty in Cameroon has raised a lot of concern especially from local communities because the value of the land that they lose to agro-industries compared to their share of the royalty payment is very insignificant. That is why it is important to generate a debate on […]