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          LATEST ARTICLE Towards a sustainable future: DGB's carbon and biodiversity projects made significant progress in 2022 Read Article

          Cameroon
          reforestation
          project

          The Sawa Afforestation Project is a large-scale carbon offsetting initiative aimed at combating climate change and promoting sustainable development in the Congo Basin region of Cameroon. The project aims to plant over 30 million trees in seven years. These trees will include indigenous shade and fruit trees to be planted on community-owned land, providing a biodiversity buffer.

          Project Cameroon afforestation

          Why develop the land for afforestation?

          The Congo Basin, of which Cameroon is a part, loses 11 million hectares of forest cover every year. With an increasing population, the pressure on natural resources is growing yearly. Deforestation, resulting from the over-exploitation of resources, is a growing problem driven by commercial logging and the population’s firewood collection activities. Even so, with high levels of precipitation, a steady climate, and fertile tropical soils, the region is ideal for planting trees and has the potential to reverse deforestation trends. Protected areas in the region, such as Mpem et Djim, have high levels of vegetation diversity and 79 native species of mammals (including small numbers of leopards, lions, and chimpanzees).

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          Emissions reduction

          This kind of project provides habitat for forested areas that cover four-fifths of terrestrial biodiversity, filters water, and improves the quality of life of communities.

          Replanting trees and vegetation

          Reforestation projects help to sequester carbon from the atmosphere by fixing carbon dioxide in the soil, roots, trunk, and leaves of trees.

          What we will achieve with this project:

          30.66M

          trees being planted

          17.86M

          tonnes CO2 to be captured

          44,255

          hectares to be restored

          150,000

          farmers positively impacted

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          Why invest in nature conservation?

          Investing in nature supports human, animal, and planetary health, improves quality of life, and creates jobs. Developing and scaling up revenue flows from ecosystem services and using blended finance models as a means to crowd in private capital are among the suite of solutions needed to make this happen.

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          Reforestation in the centre region of Cameroon

          The project is designed to promote biodiversity and mitigate the effects of climate change in the Congo Basin region of Cameroon. The project aims to plant 30 million trees in seven years. The trees will include diverse indigenous species that will provide shade and fruits and serve as a biodiversity buffer. Additionally, they will play a critical role in carbon sequestration.  The project is designed to have a positive impact on local communities and the environment. The project aims to create jobs, improve water quality, and conserve regional biodiversity. 

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          About our technology

          We combine the data from a dense network of on the ground sensors, aerial drones and geostationary and orbital satellites, along with machine learning models trained on historical data. This enables DGB to perform extremely high resolution data collection so it can monitor biodiversity, native species of plants, insects, mammals and birds, seasonal migrations and identify critical changes alongside predictions of future activity. The project will use advanced technology, such as data from on-the-ground sensors, aerial drones, satellites, and machine learning models, to monitor biodiversity, predict future activity, and track the growth and health of the trees.

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          About this region

          The project is being developed in the Congo Basin, Cameroon's central region. It is a French-speaking region occupying 69,000 km2 of the country's so-called ‘central plains’. With a population of more than four million people, the centre region is one of Cameroon's most densely populated provinces, although much of this population is centred around the capital, Yaounde. 

           

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          Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural conversion process.

          Sustain local and regional water quality by limiting nutrient and sediment inputs to local waterways which result from the conversion of forest land to agriculture.

          Conserve fast disappearing streams, wetlands, and forest ecosystems.

          Undertake local consultations and develop community projects.

          Protect local flora and fauna.

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          Team

          People on the ground

          Nicholas Wall

          Ecologist and Conservation Biologist

          Theodore Oben

          Local Project Manager

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          Who we are

          We're market leaders in carbon & biodiversity offset globally

          We are a project developer of high quality large-scale carbon and biodiversity projects accredited by third-parties.

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          We’re striving to safeguard the natural world, helping people live more sustainably and take action against deforestation and desertification.