A Chapter Closes for the Restoration of Degraded Forest Landscapes in the East
On July 22, 2026, SAILD organized a workshop to summarize the findings of the participatory restoration project for the degraded forest landscape in Deng Deng National Park in Bertoua, in the East Region. The workshop focused on presenting the project’s main achievements, the results obtained, and the changes observed at the community and park levels. […]
SAILD and MINFOF Hold Talks on the Restoration of Degraded Landscapes
SAILD presented its activities in the forestry sector over the past 10 years to staff of the Ministry of Forests and Wildlife, Eastern Region. This took place during a working session between the two institutions, held July 8–9, 2026, in the Eastern Region. Since 2016, SAILD’s efforts to restore degraded forest landscapes have continued to […]
Agroforestry is taking shape in Belabo.
Avocado, mango, mandarin, bitter cola, oil palm, and mango are among the fruit and forest tree seedlings that have been transplanted onto farms in Mansa, Hona, and Kombo-Cassi in the Belabo district of Eastern Cameroon. The initiative, led by SAILD, took place from April 27 to May 5, 2026. The clock reads 9 a.m. on […]
Revitalization of the PNDD: Time for Evaluation
Since 2025, communities living near Deng Deng National Park (PNDD) in the Eastern Region have been receiving support from SAILD as part of a participatory restoration project for degraded forest areas within the park’s forest landscape. Residents of the villages of Kambo-Cassi, Hona, and Mansa have been trained in restoration practices such as agroforestry and […]
More than 10,000 trees in seedbeds in East Cameroon
The people of Kambo-cassi, Hona and Mansa, three villages bordering Deng Deng National Park in the East Cameroon region, have set up three tree nurseries in each locality. This took place from January 22 to February 03, 2025, following training provided by SAILD. The Deng Deng National Park (PNDD) has nineteen villages on its outskirts, […]
PNDD forest landscape: Working groups ensure restoration
On January 18, 2025, SAILD set up two multi-stakeholder working groups in two districts of the East Cameroon region. The two working groups were set up in Bétaré Oya and Belabo. The Deng Deng National Park (PNDD) covers two districts in the Eastern region. The ten or so members of each group are tasked with […]
Deng Deng National Park, an ecological jewel
The Support Service for Local Development Initiatives (SAILD) has produced a documentary highlighting the assets and challenges of Deng Deng National Park, located in the East Cameroon region. The thirteen-minute feature film, released in November 2024, presents the protected area as a jewel of Cameroon’s natural heritage. The Deng Deng National Park (PNDD) covers an […]
Conservation of the Deng Deng National Park: SAILD’s work in visual form
More than 200 local residents of the Deng Deng National Park (PNDD) are now independent of the protected area’s natural resources in the eastern region. This is what emerges from the capitalization film of the PNDD Conservation Optimization project conducted by SAILD since March 2023. Fifteen minutes were all it took for images and sounds […]
The PNDD has its own participative riverbank management committee
The Support Service for Local Development Initiatives (SAILD) set up a riparian committee for participatory management of the DengDeng National Park (PNDD) from October 30 to November 04, 2024 in the villages of Têted’Eléphant, Liguim and Lom1 in East Cameroon. The Participatory Riparian Management Committee (CRGP) of the Deng Deng National Park (PNDD) in the […]
Ten days of follow-up for PNDD residents
From October 1 to 10, 2024, SAILD monitored agroecological, beekeeping and small livestock production activities in the villages of Tête d’Eléphant, Liguim and Lom1 in East Cameroon. Since the beginning of 2024, the Support Service for Local Development Initiatives (SAILD) has strengthened the capacities of over 200 farmers in three villages in East Cameroon. These […]