New Nursery in Wamba and Infrastructure Improvements

The area of Wamba just outside the Reserve’s northwest sector has experienced an increase in population which has put pressure on the fragile forest ecosystem. The communities surrounding Wamba have an interest in conservation and protecting the forest and requested the construction of a nursery to improve food security and to become involved in our agroforestry program.

The nursery was completed earlier this year and is currently managed by Therese Bangbeto, the first woman to run one of OCP’s five nurseries. Because of the addition of this 5th nursery, we can now contribute to improving food security in the communities in the northern part of the Reserve, and we expect to reduce the need for people to be involved in illegal activities to support their families. Under Therese’s guidance, this nursery, after starting all the seedlings from seeds collected locally, has already distributed 8,902 trees to 1,794 people through September. We have a goal of distributing 60,000 trees in 2018 from all five of our nurseries and it looks like we are on pace to hit our target later this year.  To read more, click here.