Kedjom-Keku

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Kedjom-Keku, Big Babanki
Added by Jopie, at 01 January 2020

The Misty Mountain forest in Kedjom-Keku, Bamenda highlands, in Northwest region of Cameroon belongs to Guinea forest, a world-impact biodiversity hotspot of highest possible ecological and societal value. Moreover, the waters of this Misty Mountain forest supply two major African basins, the basin of Niger, fifth largest in Africa, and the Sanaga river basin, the largest one in Cameroon. The current level of destruction of this forest is alarming and led to serious decrease in water availability in the whole region. This water shortage is directly threatening livelihoods of thousands of people and if long-lasting could cause an ecological, economical and societal catastrophe. On the top of this, the small remaining fragments of the forest are offering habitat to the most endangered subspecies of chimpanzee pan troglodytes ellioti as well as to endemic species of birds, extremely high diversity of amphibians and plants. The main threats to forest are: the pressure of fast growing population, poor educational system, non-efficient and non-sustainable exploitation of natural resources, hesitance and poor effectiveness of certain local offices and authorities. We intend to restore the Mountain Misty forest and its capacity to catch and provide water, we want to improve livelihoods of locals by means of forest-friendly micro-economic and grant them access to quality education. To ensure sustainability of our program we will establish first 100% transparent cooperative in Cameroon to associate all stakeholders and participants into the conservation business structure.

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