Legal Analysis of Orders N0. 0011, 0012, 0013, 0014, 0015 Granting Timber Sales as Part of the Implementation of a Development Project
in the National Domain in Campo
As Cameroon celebrates the triumph of the Indomitable Lionesses on the African stage, attention must also turn to another national heritage at a crossroads: Ebo Forest and the need to secure the customary land rights of the Banen communities, who have claimed these ancestral territories for generations.
As Cameroon celebrates the extraordinary journey of the Indomitable Lionesses, who transformed an unexpected opportunity into a place in the final of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) and qualification for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, Greenpeace Africa believes their remarkable story carries a powerful lesson beyond football.
The forest of the Congo Basin did not wait for international conferences to be protected. It has been safeguarded for generations by the people who live within it. Indigenous Peoples are not the past. They are an essential part of the forest’s future.