Conservation and environmental news & publications: Cameroon
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Weak ivory trafficking penalty strengthened on appeal
An appeals court in the East Region of Cameroon has sentenced a group caught trafficking 44 ivory ...
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Poaching sentences stiffened in Cameroon
A court in the East Region of Cameroon has handed out high fines and lengthy prison terms to a ...
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Gabon to destroy its ivory stockpile
As a symbol of its commitment to tackling illegal wildlife trade, Gabon will burn its entire ivory ...
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Life on the front lines
Ask Abagui Iya Lucien, a game ranger who has been working for Lobéké National Park since 1998, what ...
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Arrests made as Cameroon elephant poaching crisis spreads
Twelve suspected poachers have been arrested and 14 elephant tusks confiscated outside protected ...
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Reinforcements needed to save remaining Cameroon elephants
It has been two weeks since the Cameroon government authorized a military intervention at the site ...
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Cameroon sends military to secure site of elephant slaughter
A military offensive against elephant poachers in Cameroon’s Bouba N’Djida National Park was ...
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WWF deplores elephant slaughter, urges end to open borders for poaching
WWF has deplored the mass slaughter of elephants in northern Cameroon, and has called on ...
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Law enforcement improvements lead to hundreds of poaching arrests in Cameroon
Law enforcement efforts in Southeast Cameroon supported by WWF have resulted in the arrest 576 ...
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Officials in Cameroon trained in wildlife law
Over 50 participants from Cameroon’s judiciary, law enforcement bodies, and the Forestry and ...
