Campo Ma'an National Park was created in 2001 as an environmental compensation mechanism for the Chad-Cameroon pipeline project. Located in southern Cameroon near the Atlantic Ocean, Campo Ma'an National Park covers 264,064 hectares. It is dominated by two main landforms: the northern part covered by mountains and a few plateaus, and the southern part covered by hills and small valleys. The overall altitude is less than 200 meters. The park belongs to the Guineo-Congolian evergreen rainforest, which remains green year-round. It is recognized that this area was a refuge for Central African species during the last Quaternary glaciation, hence its great diversity of flora and fauna. In fact, the inventories carried out to date give the following indications: 1,500 species of plants (114 endemic), 80 large and medium-sized mammals, 390 invertebrates, 249 species of fish, 112 reptiles, 80 amphibians, 302 birds. With this large number of birds, this area is classified by Birdlife International as an “Important Bird Conservation Area”. Among the mammals found on the site are some species of great importance and sometimes considered endangered (23 are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List), such as the giant pangolin (Mains gigantean), the African elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis), the lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla), the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), the buffalo (Synerus caffer nanus), the leopard (Panthera pardus), and the mandrill (Madrillus sphinx). In the Park, the Ebodje and Campo Beaches are habitats for sea turtles (nesting, egg-laying, and feeding grounds). FEDEC's activities in the Campo Ma'an National Park aim to provide long-term financial support for the maintenance and enhancement of biodiversity. To achieve this objective, FEDEC works in partnership with African Wildlife Foundation, which is its implementing agency on five main programs:
  1. Protection and security of the park
  2. Anti-poaching campaign
  3. Monitoring of the dynamics of flagship wildlife species
  4. Ecological/socio-economic research and monitoring
  5. Development of ecotourism
Since
2001