White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tripiscus) Case Study

GEF Grant 242536228
Mammal

Continent: Africa

Country: Cameroon

Grant Amount: $9,000

Awarded Date: February 21, 2025

Esong Ebong

Foundation for Restoration and Environmental Conservation (FReECo)


Catholic Church Street, Muea

Buea

South West Region

63

Cameroon

Tel: 679869380

Mob:

Upscaling Pangolin Research and Conservation through Community Ranger-led Biomonitoring: Mapping Priority Habitats and Threats in the Deng-Deng National Park.

This project's objectives are designed to scale up pangolin conservation in the DDNP, with its conservation impact felt above the protected area level in the DDNP. Here, we intend to leverage previous project outcomes and opportunities to widen the scope and create more significance for the people and the species. Progressing from the previous phase of the project, this project phase will; Revitalize the Village Forest Management Committee (VFMC) in Deng-Deng village as a platform to assemble all locals for biodiversity talks. Provide refresher training course to 06 previously recruited community rangers, and recruit 06 other locals to help simultaneously conduct biomonitoring in the savanna and forest zone of the park; Also, the project is designed to conduct field-based surveys along line transects with community rangers to map pangolin habitats used, habitats threatened and assess pangolin population distribution in the forest Vs savanna habitats. In addition, the project plans to identify and clamp down on key threats to pangolins, including poaching activities (trapping devices, hunters' houses, transport routes) illegal logging, farmland expansion, and mining; and to co-develop a 10-year conservation action plan (2025 to 2035) with MINFOF for pangolin protection, incorporating habitat restoration, anti-poaching measures, and community engagement. 

This grant is funded as part of our Fonseca Leadership Program which was established by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). This fund supports young conservationists from developing countries.

GEF Grant 242536228 - located in Cameroon, Africa