Our Work

What we do

Protecting ocean life through the conservation of Cameroon's marine protected area.

Green Nature is supporting the government's efforts to adequately address ocean pollution. The cumulative effects of ocean pollution can be devastating for human well-being and ecosystem health. Protecting life below water is critical. We know that healthy oceans are important for life on Earth, but overfishing and pollution have done a lot of damage to this source of life.

With the help from the government of Cameroon and with some local partners and the local communities around "Manyange na Elombo" (Cameroon's marine protected area), located at the maritime border with Equatorial Guinea, to prevent incursions by foreign industrial fishermen who are depleting the country's fisheries resources, protect spawning areas, and preserve certain fish species such as the marine turtle, the African manatee, and the humpback dolphin.

Environment and Biodiversity

Why Environment and Biodiversity are Important

Nature's interwoven web sustains life on our planet, with animals, plants, people, and other species interacting with one another and the natural environment around them, which includes forests, rivers, seas, coastlines, and grasslands. The balance of interactions within and between ecosystems is what makes sure there is enough biodiversity for the planet and for us to live.

Threats to Environment and Biodiversity

To effect change toward sustainability and equality across and within societies via innovative ideas and solutions. Engage in lively campaigns to raise awareness, mobilize people, and form alliances with other groups, therefore connecting grassroots, national, and global fights.

Inspiring one another and harnessing, strengthening, and complementing one another's talents; living the change we want to see and working together in solidarity.

Human activity in the framework of a globalized economic system focused on perpetual extraction, production, and consumption without regard for planetary limits drives biodiversity loss. In reality, humans has decreased biodiversity to such an extent that around one million species of wild animals and plants are now threatened with extinction, many within decades.

Solutions to Loss of Biodiversity and Deforestation

The typical reaction of humanity to biodiversity is conservation, a method predicated on maintaining nature solely to the extent that it benefits to our economy. This reduction of nature to "ecosystem services" and the associated processes of financialization drain nature of its inherent social, cultural, and spiritual qualities and lead to its future destruction.

We advocate at the national level, assisting our member organizations in their efforts to influence legislation and implement local solutions to safeguard forests and biodiversity. We collaborate with local communities and Indigenous peoples to protect forests, promote community rights, and forest management. In our struggle for a sustainable future for all people, we must immediately defend the forest.