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Ref:

15034

Type:

Main Project

Project leader:

Dr Martin Cheek

Host institutions:

National Herbarium of Cameroon, Living Earth Foundation, Apiculture & Nature Conservation, Conservation & Research on Endangered Species, Environmental & Rural Development Programme

Start date:

2006-07-01

UK institutions:

RBG Kew - Herbarium

Finish date:

2010-06-30

Website:

Region:

Sub-Saharan Africa

Status:

Completed

Countries:

Cameroon

Project description

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Purpose

To provide a sound basis for the conservation of the threatened plants of Cameroon, making this information available for national planning of sustainable development and for national education in secondary schools.

Activities

Workshops

Field Research & Conservation checklist production

Candidate Red List

Production

Map development

Red Data book production

Teaching pack production

Outputs

Candidate list of threatened plant taxa distributed.

Conservation checklists of three or more poorly known but probably conservation-important areas.

Distribution maps of Red List species.

Red data book of the threatened plant species of Cameroon.

Teaching packs on threatened plants of Cameroon.

10 trained staff in taxon conserve. assessment techniques.

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