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Mefou National Park is situated around one hour from the centre of Yaounde. It contains 1044 hectares of forest. At present we have eight electrified enclosures housing Chimps, Gorillas, Baboons, and various species of monkeys. Mefou is the perfect setting for visitors to see Cameroon's unique wildlife in a natural environment.

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    CWAF enironmental education activities

    To assure an effective conservation of Cameroon 's unique wildlife, CWAF have an Environmental Education Centre (EEC). This is a department that is responsible in sensitizing the general public. Our education indoor and outdoor programmes gives the opportunity to those who visit our sites and even those who do not have the opportunity to do so, a chance to benefit from CWAF education programme. Our education programme focuses on all age groups.
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    bushmeat

    Bushmeat is the name given to wildlife that is hunted by people for food. In Central and West Africa between 3 - 5 million tonnes of bushmeat are killed each year .

    Find out more about bushmeat


    deforestation

    In Cameroon 60% of the remaining 17 million hectares (42 million acres) of forest are being exploited for logging and farming. 200,000 hectares of forest are lost annually .

    More about deforestation

    factsheets

    We have produced a series of bi-lingual (French and English) factsheets for you to download print explaining the two key problems facing Cameroon's wildlife:
  • Deforestation
  • Bushmeat

    • success

    Read about animals Cwaf has succesfully helped bring up and release into our two centres in Cameroon:
  • Nkan and Shai
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