ABOYERD PROGRAMS
The Ngouroumoutou Program
The Ngouroumoutou program is named after the local dialect word for pangolins in the Vute vernacular and aims to promote the conservation of pangolins and other wildlife in the Mbam et Djerem National Park through a community-based approach. Exciting but disturbing research results obtained by ABOYERD’s research team during an ecological survey of giant pangolins between 2017 and 2018 revealed the urgent need to intervene through conservation groundwork tailor-made on evidence gathered from the field, hence the program “The Ngouroumoutou Program”.
THE CAMPO MA’AN GREAT APES AND ELEPHANT PROTECTION PROGRAM (CAMGAEPP)
Located in the South Region of Cameroon, the Campo Ma’an National Park (CMNP) is home to a myriad of wildlife species of global significance and supports the livelihoods of several communities around the Park. The Park is, however, increasingly facing threats on multiple scales, ranging from encroachment by agro-industrial plants to poaching and human wildlife conflicts (HWCs). Human-elephant conflict, poaching of gorillas, and the destruction of wildlife habitats are currently on an unprecedented rise, and it is therefore imperative to secure the remaining populations of elephants and great apes, whose loss will profoundly impact larger ecosystems, causing irreversible damage to the park’s overall health.
THE FIELD CONSERVATION HEROES PROGRAM (FCHP)
At ABOYERD, we believe that bridging the wide gap that exists between classroom conservation (theory) and field conservation (which most conservation-related university programs in Cameroon have failed to consider) is imperative in grooming young conservationists who will serve as true environmental doctors in the field.