CEPOW Crusaders for Environmental Protection and Ozone Watch

22/04/2026

EARTH DAY 🌍🌱 | MR EARTH CHALLENGE
Today, show real love to Mother Nature.

👉🏾 Plant a tree today. Not tomorrow—today.

🎯 Target: 500 trees in one day
It starts with one… yours.

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Let’s flood our communities with trees. 🌱

10/04/2026

Our Key Mission🌍😊

26/03/2026

Building the mindset before building impact.

Today, the CEPOW team designed our Command Wall — a daily reminder that discipline, action, and consistency drive real change.

In the face of challenges, we don’t slow down. We refocus, we align, and we gear up.

We are ready.

21/03/2026

Happy Forest Day….

Kagwene Hills……Into the wild we go… not because it’s easy, but because it matters. Save the Cross River Gorilla in a Time of Crisis. There habitat Matters

Protecting forests. Protecting life. 🐒

**International Day of Forests 2026 — Forests & Food **

CEPOW team, always showing up 💚

09/03/2026

Women in the Wild: Guardians of the Cross River Gorillas

Across the Kagwene and Mbulu landscapes in Cameroon’s Cross River area, rural women are playing a powerful role in protecting forests, supporting their families, and safeguarding the critically endangered Cross River gorilla—even amid the ongoing crisis.

These women in the wild are adopting sustainable farming practices, protecting wildlife habitats, and strengthening community resilience.

At CEPOW Cameroon, we believe empowering women is key to both conservation and community survival.

📖 Read the full story:
🔗 [https://cepowcameroon.org/women-in-the-wild-cross-river-gorilla-conservation/]

Discover how women in the wild are protecting Cross River gorillas in the Kagwene and Mbulu landscapes, leading community conservation in Cameroon.

07/03/2026

Good from the CRG landscape .
Kagwene, Mbulu Wildlife Sanctuary. Conservation of the CRG and it’s habitat. We strive to protect and conserve Mother Nature.

07/03/2026

Kagwene, Mbulu Wildlife Sanctuary. Conservation of the CRG and it’s habitat. We strive to protect and conserve Mother Nature, through a community led approach😊🙏🏾
Earth Rising FoundationCommunity Conservation, Inc.Global Greengrants FundTreeSistersNew England BiolabsArcus Foundation Great Apes & Gibbons ProgramPeople's Trust for Endangered SpeciesInternational Sustainability Academy

03/03/2026

Strengthening Alliances for the Conservation of the Cross River Gorilla (Community-Led Conservation)

Bamenda, Cameroon – March 2026

CEPOW Cameroon, led by Executive Director Fontoh Desmond, actively contributed to a high-level strategic conservation workshop convened by the African Conservation Foundation (ACF) in partnership with the Environmental and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF).

The two-day meeting, held from February 25–26, 2026, at Hotel Lewat, brought together grassroots conservation organizations working across the Cross River Gorilla (CRG) landscape.

At the core of the deliberations was a shared commitment to:

Strengthen alliances for the protection of the Cross River Gorilla and its ecosystem.

Workshop Outcomes

Participants developed a structured 12-month community-led conservation roadmap, with priorities including:

Establishment of Community Conserved Areas (CCAs)
Development of Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs)

Strengthening of local governance and stewardship
Promotion of inclusive, holistic conservation strategies

Enhanced collaboration across the CRG landscape.

Serving as facilitator, CEPOW’s Executive Director emphasized the importance of community ownership in ensuring the long-term survival of this critically endangered species. His leadership reinforced CEPOW’s role as a credible and committed partner in advancing conservation solutions.

The workshop also featured contributions from Great organizations and Experts including AJESH, CBBM, SEKAKOH, MEGWAH, and SURUDEV, alongside Arend, Director of the African Conservation Foundation.
A Renewed Commitment

This collective effort signals a coordinated and strengthened approach to safeguarding one of the world’s most endangered great apes.
“Conservation succeeds when communities lead, partnerships strengthen, and action follows commitment.” – CEPOW Cameroon

13/02/2026

Protecting endangered species during crisis is not easy — but it is possible.

In Kagwene, Northwest Cameroon, community conservation remains the key to protecting the Cross River gorilla, even amid insecurity.

📖 Read the full story:

https://cepowcameroon.org/cross-river-gorilla-cameroon/

🌍 Conservation | Community | Crisis

Discover the plight of the Cross River gorilla Cameroon and the conservation challenges faced amidst sociopolitical crises.

25/01/2026

🌍🎥 Our Voices Are Crossing Borders! 🌿
We are proud to announce that our children’s forest conservation video has finally been broadcast on German TV as part of the “Forest Without Borders” project.
Our heartfelt thanks to SDW Hamburg for trusting our work, believing in the power of youth voices, and including us in this inspiring initiative. We also sincerely thank German TV for giving visibility to community stories from Cameroon and amplifying the voices of young environmental defenders.
This moment reminds us that forests connect us all — beyond borders, languages, and cultures. 💚🌳
Arcus Foundation Great Apes & Gibbons Program Future For Nature Earth Rising Foundation The Pollination Project Foundation The Rufford Foundation

15/01/2026

We pledge to keep Protecting the Cross River Gorilla and it’s habitat. Thank you FFN