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Community action/Cameroon

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Location Cameroon, West Africa
Coordinates 5° 29' 2.10" N, 9° 51' 37.26" E

The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Cameroon.

  • News Participatory monitoring breathes life into Cameroon’s Marine Protected Area, by Leocadia Bongben, globalvoices.org (Dec 03, 2025)
  • News Forest and water source restoration in Cameroon offering sustainable solutions, news.mongabay.com (Sep 16, 2024)
  • News Farming support to communities living near wildlife reserve in Cameroon lowers rates of hunting, news.mongabay.com (Dec 19, 2023)
  • News The Ancient ‘Wonder Material’ Sucking CO2 Out of the Atmosphere, reasonstobecheerful.world (May 22, 2023)
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Biochar from banana peels breaks ground in Cameroon
Authors: Mongabay, 5.28 mins.
Date: 2024-11-21
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Connecting Vision and Tradition in Bafut
Authors: Better World Cameroon, Dec 8, 2014

Networks and sustainability initiatives

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International events

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Global or International events

  • Event Jun 03, 2026 (Wed) — World Bicycle Day, The bicycle is a "symbol of sustainable transport and conveys a positive message to foster sustainable consumption and production, and has a positive impact on climate." (United Nations), June 3 each year, un.org
  • Event Jun 05, 2026 (Fri)World Environment Day, June 5, annually, worldenvironmentday.global
  • Event Jun 08, 2026 (Mon) — World Oceans Day, June 8 each year, worldoceanday.org
  • Event Jun 12, 2026 (Fri) — World Day Against Child Labour, every year on June 12, ilo.org
  • Event Jun 17, 2026 (Wed) — World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, each June 17, un.org
  • Event Jun 21 and all of June — World Localization Day, worldlocalizationday.org
  • Event Jun 22, 2026 (Mon) — World Rainforest Day, June 22 is World Rainforest Day, worldrainforestday.org

2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events

Food activism

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Social inclusion

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Sustain Cameroon on facebook

News archive

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  • 'A quiet conservation success story, the likes of which aren't told enough', Feb 26, 2021...[1]
  • Better World Cameroon: Permaculture—The African Way, Mar 23, 2017...[2]
  • Sustainable farming reaping benefits for women in Cameroon, August 17, 2015...[3]
  • 'Permaculture the African Way' in Cameroon's Only Eco-Village, August 2, 2015...[4]

References

About Cameroon

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Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea, and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both geostrategic locations.

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Keywords Sustainable community action
SDG SDG11 Sustainable cities and communities
Authors Phil Green
License CC-BY-SA-3.0
Language English (en)
Related 0 subpages, 2 pages link here
Redirects Cameroon, Cameroon community action
Views 30 page views (analytics)
Created August 26, 2015 by Ethan
Last edit December 11, 2025 by Felipe Schenone
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