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K. Assistance to CBD Meetings
Cameroon has regularly participated in the following CBD meetings:
- All meetings of Conference of Parties - All meetings of SBSTTA;
- All meetings of special panels and groups; Specific meetings
L. Concrete CBD Historical Land Marks
As a result of the implementation of the CBD in Cameroon the following structures /
Organisations now exist:
- A CBD Focal Point ministry delegated with a focal point recognized by UNEP.
- A national Biodiversity Committee, a National Biosafety Committee.
- A Clearing House Mechanism containing all national information on biodiversity
and the CBD Processes.
- A Biosafety Clearing House containing National information on biosafety and
modern biotechnology:
- The Law of Biosafety and its text of application.
- The GMO/ IAS Movement Control Board (to be created).
- Several studies on ethno-botany and biodiversity issues
- Cameroon Biosafety Report for the Period 2003-2007
Box 5: Heifer Project Capacity Building
Project slogan: “Living Hope for Hungry World’’
Began since 1974 Heifer Cameroon operates in 5 provinces in the Republic. It has practically
demonstrated at community level the appropriate techniques for conserving and managing various
forms of biodiversity to achieve sustainable development livestock production. In 2003 they succeeded
in assisting over 10 000 resource limited families through placements of various species of livestock
(dairy cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, rabbits, poultry, snails, bees and fish), training, production material
and technical support, the building of and educating grassroots organisations. Their activities are
summarised in five main compartments:Hiefer Cameroon 2003
Table 42 Summary of Heifer Project Activities in Cameroon
Technical Socio-Economic
training Development Training
Training in
Animal
Farming
Rabbits
Administrative Educational
Project Partners/Collaborators
Local Collaboration
Participative Marketing
The Ministry of Livestock Fishery Traditional Councils
self evaluation
and Animal Industries
Poultry Record Basic accounting The Ministry of Agriculture Traditional Rulers
keeping techniques
Goats Use of manure Pig marketing The Ministry of Scientific Mayor
Research and Innovation
Sheep Agro-Forestry Micro-economic dev’t INADES Formation S.D.O
Animal
traction
Community
Animal Health
Gardening
Institute of Agric research for
development IRAD
Bee farming
(happiculture)
Leadership
Ethnoveterinary
Medicine uses.
Fruit tree Margotting
and Grafting. Cocoyam
treatment
Plantain planting.
Food storage and post
harvest loss
Diary cattle gender HIV-AIDS Education
Source: Heifer Cameroon 2003
SIRDEP Bamenda.
Voluntary service oversears.
Pan African Institute for Rural
Development Buea,University of
Dschang,University of Buea,
Catholic University of Central
Africa.
The American Peace Corps,
Cameroon
Government
Delegates and Urban
Councils,
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