Cameroon: ‘All Is Lost’? – Cameroon’s Controversial Logging in Biodiverse Ebo Forest

Why has the government awarded a logging concession in the mega biodiverse Ebo forest to a little-known company?

When Yetina Victor last visited the Ebo forest in October 2023, he recalls feeling both enchanted and worried. Enchanted by the crystal clear Nibouem river whose foam enveloped the surrounding trees, and worried over the forest’s uncertain future.

“We have everything in Ebo: varied fauna, all kinds of wild fruits, abundant medicinal plants, and the trees,” says Yetina, chief of…