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Waste tax generate CFA60.6bn in 2020-22, short of needs
Waste tax generated a total of CFA60.6 billion in Cameroon over the 3-year period from 2020 to 2022, according to data from the General Directorate of...
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Environment: Cameroon mulls over the introduction of a carbon tax in FY2024
The 2024 Finance Act could see Cameroon introduce a carbon tax, a first in its history. In his August 30, 2023, circular relating to the preparation...
Cameroon: Upcoming flooding could affect livestock production, ONACC warns
Between August 21 and 30, 2023, there is a high risk of flooding and epizootic diseases, which could impact livestock production in some of the production...
Sustainable development: Deep dive into the divergences over the management of the Ebo forest
After many years of tergiversation, Cameroon has finally made up its mind about the management of the Ebo forest: "The government has definitively opted...
Environment: Namé Recycling claims 9ktons of plastic waste recycled in 7 years
Plastic waste recycler Namé Recycling announces it has recycled around 9,000 tons of waste, including 250 million plastic bottles since its creation in...
Minister of Forests Asks his Regional Delegates to Bolster Crackdown on Illegal Wood Trade
On June 13, 2023, Cameroon's Minister of Forests and Wildlife, Jules Doret Ndongo, wrote a letter to his regional delegates, ordering them to “increase...
SABC furthers its eco-friendly approach
Cameroonian brewer SABC announced plans to reinforce its eco-friendly approach. Last June 5, on the sidelines of World Environment Day, the company...
Kieffer & Cie to secure forestry concession in the Eastern region
The company Kieffer & Cie, which specializes in forestry and timber exploitation, could obtain a concession from the State to exploit the forest...
Camrail joins the biodiversity protection team
Cameroon railway company Camrail announced it is committed to supporting actions for the protection of wildlife in Cameroon. The company launched last...
Cameroon wants to tap into the carbon market
The government of Cameroon is developing a strategy to earn money on the carbon market starting in 2023. Last October 25 in Yaoundé, the Minister of...
CO2 emissions to drop by at least 4,893 tons per year with Mbakaou mini-hydro plant
The thermal power plants at Tibati, Ngaoundal, and Mbakaou, which were the main sources of energy for these localities in the Adamaoua region, will soon...
COP 26: Cameroon becomes first country in the world to integrate biochar into its climate strategy
During the COP26 that started in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 1, Cameroon made headlines. According to environmental experts, the country became the...
Logging: Cameroon to issue new forest concession licenses in Nkam and Donga-Mantug
Cameroon is currently preparing to issue new forest concession licenses in the Littoral and the North-West. In that regard, Minister of Forestry and...
Cameroon obtains XAF6.5 billion from Germany for reforestation projects
On June 29, 2021, Minister of Economy Alamine Ousmane Mey signed a €10 million (XAF6.5 billion) financing agreement with German bank KFW for the...
SABC and Namé recycling recycled 100 mln plastic bottles in Cameroon, in 2017-2020
Sociétés Anonymes des Brasseries du Cameroun (SABC) and its partner, Namé Recycling pointed out that in three years of collaboration (2017-2020) they have...
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...
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