Forest and Agroforestry Promoters (FAP)

FAP’s mission is to actively promote the sustainable and responsible management, conservation, and

restoration of natural ecosystems and wetland resources in Cameroon, ensuring long-term environmental health, biodiversity conservation and the well-being of local communities.

Our Vision: To be a leading force in Cameroon’s sustainable development by promoting inclusive natural resource management, empowering local communities—especially women, youth, and vulnerable groups and fostering harmony between people and nature through sustainable agriculture, renewable energy and conflict-sensitive conservation practices.

Our believe: We believe in a future where nature thrives and communities flourish and through sustainable practices, we restore ecosystems and empower people.

Our Core Activities:

 Sustainable Agricultural practices, watershed/forest protection and management

 Agroforestry ,Economic Empowerment and Entrepreneurship

 Renewable Energy Promotion

 Livestock Management

 Conflict Resolution and Dialogue Facilitation

 Research on different landscape management practices in forest and watershed dependent

communities in Cameroon.

Specific problem and challenges addressed by FAP in her activities

 Low family incomes.

 Limited knowledge on enterpreneurship

 Poor farming practices

 Uncontrolled exploitation of forest/wetland resources

 Low capacity of community members to generate income from their resources. (Poor management capacities)

 Poor leadership within groups and communities.

 Conflict over the use of wetland and other natural resources.

 Fast depletion of natural resources due to unsustainable exploitation by rural communities.

Approach to these problems

In order to address these problems, FAP uses gender-sensitive participatory approaches in carrying out base line survey in communities and build the capacities of community members technically on issues identify to improve the economic, social and environmental situation in different communities. With this approach, FAP expects to achieve a more equitable access to and control over natural resources within the community and to reduce poverty and unemployment.

FAP focuses on the rural population of the Cameroon which constitutes about 80% of the total population of the country. The reason for focusing on the rural population is because they depend on natural resources for most of their income generating activities (crop production, livestock rearing including beekeeping, exploitation of timber and non timber forest products). Because of their poor organization and poor management capacities, these resources are depleting thereby rendering them even poorer.