Environment
Cameroon: Customs seizes 50 tons of non-biodegradable plastic packaging in the Northern region
On 16 April 2020, Cameroonian customs officials seized 30 tons of non-biodegradable plastic packaging in Mbé, Adamaoua. According to the government daily...Cameroon : Yaoundé creates its second refuse dumping site
Gilbert Tsimi Evouna (photo), Cameroon’s representative at Yaoundé urban community informs that a second dumping site has been created. Spanning over 25...In 2018, Cameroon headed the Top10 wood suppliers to Vietnam
Cameroon headed the top10 of Vietnam’s wood suppliers in 2018, the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) reveals in its sectoral report...Cameroon: American Taylor Guitars moves to secure its supply with 20,000 tree planting project
Since 2016, Crelicam, subsidiary of American acoustic guitar manufacturer Taylor Guitars, launched a project aimed at planting 20,000 ebony trees by 2021...French Agency for Development launches “Adapt’Action” in Cameroon to help adapt to climate change
“Adapt’Action,” the scheme developed by France at the end of the COP21 climate conference in December 2015, has just been launched in Cameroon to help...CEMAC States plan to implement the civil aviation carbon reduction scheme in 2019
From last October 30 to November 1, about thirty officials from the CEMAC zone gathered in Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon, to discuss the Carbon...Hysacam comments on government’s prescription to recruit new waste removal companies
In an internal publication it just published, Hysacam reveals that the delays in government’s financial support are the reason why there have been...CFA4 billion project to recycle electronic and electrical waste in Douala and Yaoundé
A project to collect and recycle electronic and electrical waste, named Weecam, will be implemented in Douala and in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The partnership...Cameroon: A used tire recycling company to launch in 2019 in Bikok
At the start of 2019, Pneupur will launch the first used tires recycling and recovery in Cameroon, sources close to the project reveals. The two twin...1,500 kg of non-biodegradable plastic bags seized in Douala
The importation, production or commercialization of non-biodegradable plastic bags was banned since April 1, 2014, in Cameroon. However, these bags did...Cameroon’s air is more polluted than that of Gabon, Congo and Equatorial Guinea
Out of 54 countries, Cameroon is in Africa the 39th country where quality of air is the best, according to the magazine “Science et Avenir”, which also...Cameroon: To protect the environment, Ismaël Essome manufactures canoes by recycling plastic bottles
Since August 2016, a small revolution have been slowly taking place in the fight against the pollution of the environment in camera, specifically against...Name Recycling starts plastic waste recycling plant in the Cameroonian capital
Plastic waste and packaging produced by households and companies in the city of Yaoundé, the Cameroonian capital, will now be collected and recycled into...Greenpeace asks the Cameroonian government to save the Dja reservation
Greenpeace, international NGO specialised in environment conservation, revealed in an article published on its website on 23 August 2016 that it has...Brasseries du Cameroun enlist young people via Facebook, to collect 2 million bottles
The Société Anonyme des Brasseries du Cameroun (SABC), local subsidiary of the French group Castel, launched on 25 July 2016 in Yaoundé, the operation...Cameroonian Parliament approves Paris agreement in climate change
The Cameroonian Head of State is now authorised, within fifteen days, to issue a decree on the ratification of the Paris agreement on climate change,...The volume of loans granted by Cameroonian banks grew by 15% in the first quarter of 2015
In Cameroon, banks are financing more and more businesses. This was revealed in an official release by the National Finance and Monetary Committee which...Cameroon launches offensive against non-biodegradable plastics
As planned, the Cameroonian Minister of Environment and the Protection of Nature launched his campaign against non-biodegradable plastic packaging...Cameroon reaffirms the ban against plastic packaging starting April 1, 2014
As of April 1, 2014, the manufacturing, importing and sale of (plastic) non-biodegradable packaging will be forbidden in Cameroon. This was communicated...NBA Counts 50-Year Achievements
The Niger Basin Authority (NBA) will celebrate 50 years of existence next year. Preparations for the event are taking place in Yaounde within the...CBA Holds 32nd Ministers Council in Yaounde
Experts of the Niger Basin Authority (NBA) begin meeting in Yaounde this Monday November 25, 2013. This is within the framework of the 32nd ordinary...Congo Basin Examines Forest Management Monitoring Systems
Countries of the Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC) have described as satisfactory strides recorded half way gone into an 18-month project,...World Bank : Billions to Fight Floods in North Cameroon
The World Bank has granted a loan of 54 billion francs CFA for emergency works against flash floods in the Far North Region. Emmanuel Nganou Djoumessi,...Italians to Turn Plastic Waste to Road Building Material in Cameroon
Evelino Zanzaro, General Manager of the Italian company, ESED Engineering Group Sarl, has presented in Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon, the...50 Exhibitors From Côte D'ivoire In Cameroon Next Month
Drawn from different industries, this second edition will see the partaking of 50 exhibitors from Félix Houphouët-Boigny’s country. According to the...Cameroon to Manufacture Biodegradable Wrappings from April Next Year
Starting April 2014, Cameroon will fabricate biodegradable wrappings to replace plastic paper, due to the pollution factor, the Minister of Environment,...
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