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Deforestation In Cameroon

DEFORESTATION IN CAMEROON AND HOW V OU CAN HELP ***.*........------*** Cameroon is teeming with incredibly rich biodiversity. In recent decades, however, vital ecosystems have been severely threatened as a result of over-exploitation, unregulated logging, poaching, overgrazing, uncontrolled bush fires, and shifting cultivation. Help preserve this valubale natural resource and surrounding communities by adopting a tree through Green Cameroon's Adpot-A-Tree Program. BIODIVERSITY IN CAMEROON CAMEROON 211 MAMMALS 936 BIRDS 192 AMPHIBIANS 8,260 PLANTS 322 REPTILES 9,921 DEPEND ON CAMEROON'S FORESTS Not including the nearly 20 Million people in Cameroon who depend on the forests for survival. SPECIES Or the nearly 7 billion people in the world who depend on the world's forests for Oxygen THE PROBLEM Logging companies, mostly foreign, use unsustainable practices to rapidly clear forests. Over-exploitation, unregulated logging, poaching, overgrazing, uncontrolled bush fires, and shifting cultivation are causing drastic environmental damage. 134% FOREST COVER LOST BETWEEN 1990-2005 THE RESULT WEAKENING ECOSYSTEMS REDUCED PASTEURLAND ENDANGERED SPECIES EROSION DESERTIFICATION THE SOLUTION HOW YOU CAN HELP ADOPT-A-TREE BY GREEN CAMEROON www.greencameroon.org 1 TAKE ACTION 2 DONATE YOUR DONATION Go to greencameroon.org 4€ | BUYS SEEDS 15€ 7€| COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS Scholarships, material support to widows and orphans, building community halls, installation of pipe born water taps, vocational training for the unemployed, seed capitals for income generating activities like pig, mushroom and fish farming, poultry, bee harvesting, snail farming and others. OR AROUND $20 £13 YOU 4€ | ADMINISTRATION (Transportation, staff, building costs, electricity, internet, resources to extend capabilities, self sustainabilty) 4 PROJECT BEGINS IN CAMEROON PLANT SEED s > ENGAGE COMMUNITY > SUPPORT PROJECTS GROW TREES Green Cameroon is a non-profit organization in Cameroon working to solve environmental issues and engage schools and communities to create a better environment. See their projects and other events on www.greencameroon.org

Deforestation In Cameroon

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Green Cameroon is a non-profit organization in Cameroon working to solve environmental issues and engage schools and communities to create a better environment. This infographic promotes the organizat...

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