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The Greenzone Reforestation Project is a large-scale nature-based solutions project in Cameroon to restore nature, create forests, and promote sustainable development.
Theodore Oben
Project Director Cameroon
Dr Njoh Tatani
Project Director Cameroon
The Greenzone Reforestation Project is a large-scale nature-based solutions project in Cameroon to restore nature, create forests, and promote sustainable development. The Congo Basin region of Cameroon loses thousands of hectares of forest every year through deforestation driven by commercial logging and firewood collection activities. With an increasing population, the pressure on natural resources keeps growing. This project aims to address these challenges by planting millions of trees, protecting biodiversity, increasing water security, and providing a better quality of life for local communities. The project is the largest registered carbon project in the country and hosts the second-largest tree nursery.
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The project is designed to have a positive impact on local communities and the environment. The project offers job opportunities, community training, and new infrastructure, such as improved access to medical care, contributing to improving the local community's quality of life and sustainable development. All crop yields from trees planted are also for the benefit of the local community.
The project has an extraordinary impact on the environment. It promotes and conserves regional biodiversity, restores degraded lands, creates vital habitats for local wildlife, and plays a critical role in carbon sequestration. With each tree, the project contributes to creating a healthy, thriving ecosystem, making a positive environmental impact.
The feasibility study was finalised in Q3 2021, after which the project commenced. The first planting season was in 2022. The project has a lifetime of 41 years and aims to reforest the area over a seven-year period.
The Greenzone Reforestation Project is designed to positively impact local communities and the environment by creating jobs, improving water quality, and contributing to regional wildlife habitat through reforestation initiatives. The project focuses on planting cashew trees on community-owned land, showcasing indigenous shade and fruit varieties that contribute to biodiversity preservation and sustainable development.
This large-scale nature-based initiative seeks to create forests and promote sustainable development, aligning with reforestation methods that prioritise planting native tree species for positive effects on the local ecosystem. Reforestation measures, such as those implemented in this project, enhance carbon sequestration, improve soil health, and promote ecosystem resilience, fostering environmental sustainability and resilience.
Our current list of species includes fruit trees, nut trees, and shade trees, with a diversity of indigenous species.
The project is developed in Cameroon's Central Region, on the edges of the Congo Basin. It is a French-speaking region occupying 69,000 square kilometres and is one of Cameroon's most densely populated provinces, although much of this population is centred around the capital, Yaoundé. The region’s high levels of precipitation, steady climate, and fertile tropical soils make it ideal for planting trees and potentially reversing deforestation trends.
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Join us to witness the incredible transformation as we breathe new life into once barren lands. Together, we can make a lasting impact and leave a legacy of environmental stewardship for future generations.
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After you have offset your carbon footprint, you can celebrate being nature positive. You can communicate your positive impact to stakeholders. DGB can help you with your ESG reporting as well as corporate communication strategies. This isn't just about accountability and transparency; it's an opportunity to inspire others and showcase the tangible benefits of investing in nature conservation.
In the context of international carbon markets and the Paris Agreement, Cameroon currently does not have finalised national legislation corresponding with the internationally established Article 6 framework. Cameroon is formulating its approach and structure for Article 6 and its broader implications, with us, as stakeholders, actively engaging with the government to guide policy development.
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