The Green Mount Cameroon project aims to conserve biodiversity in the Mount Cameroon Forest Region through reducing pressure on forests from fuel wood collection. Run by RCE Buea, an organization established in 2010 to address socioeconomic and environmental challenges in southwest Cameroon, the project will establish tree nurseries, conduct planting initiatives, and raise awareness about threats to the forest through workshops and school clubs. The project supports several UN Sustainable Development Goals including those related to poverty, water and sanitation, economic growth, sustainable consumption, and climate change.

1. Green Mount Cameroon
Presented by: Chief Masango Sone of Mbwenge Barombi
CEO of Green Cameroon
Chair of RCE Buea, Cameroon

2. Objectives
Introduce the Green Mount Cameroon project as a collaborative initiative of
RCE Buea towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

3. Content
- RCE Buea
- Mount Cameroon Forest Region
- Green Mount Cameroon project
- Conclusion

4. RCE Buea
- 2010, commenced application for acknowledgement process
- 2011, partial acknowledgement
- 2012, full acknowledgement

5. Vision
Address major socio-economic and environmental challenges identified in
the south west region of Cameroon and to promote Education for
Sustainable Development initiatives.

6. Composition
- NGOs
- Primary, Secondary and High Schools
- Higher Education Institutions
- Small Enterprises
- Companies
- Municipal Councils

7. Mount Cameroon Forest Region
- COVERS A SURFACE AREA OF ABOUT 225, 000 HA
- SPANS ACROSS FAKO AND MEME DIVISIONS
HIGHEST PEAK IN W.A OF ABOUT 4095 M ASL

8. Relevance
- Source of many life dependent products (edible and non edible)
- Rich biodiversity with about 49 endemic taxa (plant) including many
threatened animal species

9. Relevance
- Main climatic regulator for the region
- Attends to health and cultural needs of inhabitant
- A gigantic water catchment for most lower altitude streams
- Aesthetic value

10. Threats to forest and biodiversity

11. Threats to forest and biodiversity

12. Green Mount Cameroon

13. Objective
To contribute towards the conservation of biodiversity in the Mount
Cameroon Forest Region by reducing the pressure mounted on our forest by
community demand for fuel wood (fire wood used in cooking and household
heating)

14. Our Solution
Putting in place a mechanism for the conservation of existing forest and
replacement of lost forest in the Mount Cameroon Region.

15. Methodology
- Sensitisation campaign
- Creation and ravitalisation of school clubs
- Capacity building workshops
- Establishment of tree nurseries
- Tree planting

16. Gallery

17. Relevance to SDG
1. END POVERTY IN ALL ITS FORMS EVERYWHERE
6. ENSURE AVAILABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF WATER
AND SANITATION FOR ALL
8. PROMOTE SUSTAINED, INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC
GROWTH, FULL AND PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT, AND DECENT WORK FOR
ALL
12. ENSURE SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION PATTERNS
13. TAKE URGENT ACTION TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS
IMPACTS

18. Thank You!!!
Name of RCE: RCE Buea
Contact Person: H M Chief Masango Sone
registered address:
P.O. Box 96 Buea,
Up Court, Buea Town, Buea, Cameroon.
Communication Address:
Telephone: (+237)
677 756 881
696 366 949
email: info@greencameroon.org
rcebuea@gmail.com
website: www.greencameroon.org