About us
Center for
l'Environment and
le Development
We are an independent, apolitical organisation founded in Cameroon in 1994, focusing on issues related to monitoring illegal logging, supporting indigenous communities, monitoring infrastructure and resource extraction projects, participatory mapping, and above all, advocacy and lobbying for land laws and policies that are sensitive to community rights.
Expertise areas d'action
Our objectifs
Translating the concept of sustainable development into action, mainly in the forest areas of Cameroon and other countries in the Congo Basin.
Reducing the environmental and social impacts of extractive industries
Contribute to the development of local and indigenous communities that respect their environment and culture
Contribute to greater involvement of local and indigenous populations in resource management and their land assets
Our histoire
Foundation of CED
Foundation of the Centre for Environment and Development (CED) in response to the forestry and environmental crises in Cameroon.
Foundation of CED
1994
New Orientation
Capacity-building for NGOs and local communities in the Congo Basin on natural resource management and land rights.
New Orientation
2000
1st successful advocacy
Major victory for the CED in the protection of community rights in the face of logging and extractive industries in Cameroon.
1st successful advocacy
2004
LandCam
Implementation of the CED's largest project, LandCam, over 5 years, financed by the European Union, for fairer and more sustainable land governance in Cameroon.
LandCam
2018
Our projets
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