Cameroon: To Save Northern Cameroon’s Wildlife, You Need to Secure the People First

Garoua — Unless the root causes of instability are addressed, conservation efforts could ultimately serve to inflame tensions.

Northern Cameroon is facing a crisis that epitomises the interconnected challenges of our time: climate change, armed conflict, and environmental degradation. This combined threat has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee the semi-arid Far North Region for more fertile savannas further south. With little available land, many people have settled in the vast…