Launching of the 2007/2008 Cameroon coffee farm season

Cameroon Tribune 04/02/08

The launching of the 2007/2008 Coffee season took place on Saturday the 2 ^th in Nkongsamba. The ceremony was presided by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Minister of Commerce. After  giving a keen ear to the numerous pleads of assistance from the many people from various Coffee domains, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Jean Nkuete, promised to provide at least 5 years subvention for their activities. He encouraged the farmers to introduce shadow trees such as bananas and Fruit trees in their plantations. On the other hand, the Minister of Commerce Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana declared that the prices of inputs (Fertilizers and Pesticides) will be dropped and the government will make efforts to reduce the scarcity of these products.

Negotiation between MINIMIDT and government partners about the coming  Mbalam Iron exploitation project

Cameroon Tribune 12/02/08

The Minister of Industry, Mines and Technological Development last Saturday the 9^th, received the Director General of the Sundance Resource LTD. The Minister expressed a wish to make effective the implementation of the Mbalam Iron exploitation project. This, in order for an effective start of the construction of the infrastructures that will support the project’s official start by 2009.

Chairman of Sundance Resources Briefs PM Inoni on their progress towards the extraction of the Mbalam Iron Ore

Cameroon Tribune 13/02/08

The visit of the chairman of the Australian Company, Sundance Resource Ltd, George F. Jones to the Head of government, that took place yesterday 13^th, was focused on the remaining phases to be covered before the start of the extraction of the Mbalam Iron Ore deposits in the South East by 2009. From a discussion with journalists, Mr. George F. Jones disclosed they were currently evaluating the quantity and quality of the Iron Ore in Mbalam.

PNDP Officials say 40 Micro-Projects will be identified in the next four months

Cameroon Tribune 13/02/08

The sustainable land and agro-pastoral management project of the National Programme for Participatory Development (PNDP) are looking forward to identify and support the implementation of 40 micro-projects within the next four months. This project that will benefit 15000 households found in 17 councils sets out to help farmers and livestock breeders in the fight against land degradation. George Nkami, the project focal point said ‘before the end of the year, we would have carried out 68 micro-projects for communities and 20 for councils’. The project’s duration is four years.  

27 Timber companies suspended by the Minister of Forestry and Wildlife from all forest exploitation activities

Cameroon Tribune 19/02/08

The decision signed last Friday by the Minister of forestry and wildlife Elvis Ngolle Ngolle, showed his determination to put a stop to endemic corruption, irregularities and inertias that have taken firm roots in the wood sector. The source of the suspension order was a report on 40 enterprises presented to the Minister by the technical services after control missions in the Douala port in October 2007.The courage of the Minister appears to be part of an on-going efforts on the part of some Ministers to step out of inertia that has tended to paralyze government action.

Cameroon Government is working hard to control the rate of  climatic changes

Cameroon Tribune 25/02/08

Though Cameroon is not a major emitter of green house gases, the President of the Republic last September announced the setting up of a climate change observatory under the climate change unit of the Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection. In support to this, the British Council recently organized a seminar on climate change reporting. The seminar was animated by experts from the Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection. Added to this are sensitizations that are being carried out.

Forest Exploiters Hails Government Fight against Illegality

Cameroon Tribune 26/02/08

In a press conference held in Yaoundé last Friday 22, the president of the Cameroon Association of Timber Exploiters, Roger Nkodo Dang expressed the willingness of his association to support the government in its control mission to weed impostors. This was because, only one out of the 27 companies sanctioned by the Minister of Forestry and Wildlife for outright violation of the country’s forest law was recognized by their association.

WWF/Northern Savanna project and MINFOF recently organized a workshop in Garoua to harmonize a wildlife survey method

Cameroon Tribune 28/02/08

The Northern Savanna region that covers the northern provinces of Cameroon and Chad is highly rich in fauna resources which are however, poorly managed. To put an end to this problem, the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife recently requested the realization of a study to know the exact potential of fauna in the Sudan Savanna region in particular. However, after the analysis, the data obtained was still insufficient in taking management decisions because of different methodologies used form one zone to another. To harmonize the choice of methodology, 30 experts from Cameroon and Chad recently met in Garoua. The aim of this workshop being to restitute and validate a document which will harmonize the method of wildlife survey in the Savanna ecosystem of North Cameroon.