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Background to Living Earth Cameroon
Living Earth Cameroon (LEC) is a key partner of Living Earth Foundation UK, established in 1996. LEC was formally registered as an independent NGO in Cameroon in 2003.
Cameroon is a country immensely rich in biodiversity, with vegetation varying from the mangrove swamps on its southern Atlantic coast, to humid rainforests, and savannah grasslands, and the Sahel in the north. However its natural resources are under great threat from economic, political, environmental and social pressures. Deforestation, the loss of biodiversity, soil degradation, pollution, poverty, extreme seasonal floods, waste management in industrial and urban centres are just some of the environmental issues and problems facing Cameroon today.
As early as 1987, Living Earth began working under a protocol agreement with the Ministry of National Education. Extensive consultation and study led to the establishment of the Cameroon Environmental Education Programme in 1989.
Living Earth's work in Cameroon has continued to respond to developments in National Education Policy, which defines the importance of environmental education, with the development of the Cameroon Environmental Education Support Project, Phase 1 and Phase 2. As well as a carrying out a variety of other projects, including the newly implimented - Dja Periphery Community Engagement Project (DPCEP) |
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Cameroon in a Nutshell
LEC Mission Statement:
‘To promote, facilitate and support community involvement in sustainable natural resource management in Cameroon, through capacity building, training, and the design, development and dissemination of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) material and resources’.
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