ANCO Cameroon
Restoring Biodiversity and Empowering Communities.
ANCO Cameroon works with local communities to restore forest landscapes, protect water catchments, and promote sustainable livelihoods through conservation, apiculture, and environmental education.
The radio station serves as a platform for environmental education, conservation advocacy, sustainable farming advice, and community dialogue.
Background photo: Dom Forest Landscape, 2012
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ANCO Cameroon
Winner of the United Nation's Forest Hero Award for Africa
Paul Mzeka - UN Forest Hero
Watch the United Nations ANCO video of Paul Mzeka, Forest Hero - Africa
ANCO Empowering Communities Through the Honey Value Chain
ANCO honey—pure, natural, and convenient.
Strengthening the value chain from beekeeping to market.
ANCO - recent projects
Through initiatives like the COBALAM Project, ANCO empowers communities to restore landscapes, protect biodiversity, and build sustainable livelihoods around the Bali-Ngemba Forest Reserve.
Watch documentry on the COBALAM initiative
Inside the Dom Community Forest: ANCO’s Community Conservation Efforts
Three Decades of Environmental Action and Community Empowerment
Pure Forest Honey Harvested from the Highlands of Dom and Oku.
Community Engagement and Conservation Activities in the Dom Community Forest
Apiculture and Nature Conservation Organization works closely with local communities to protect forests, promote sustainable livelihoods, and restore degraded landscapes. Through environmental education, community engagement, and conservation initiatives within the Bali-Ngemba Forest Reserve and the Dom Community Forest, ANCO empowers people to become active stewards of nature while securing a sustainable future for both forests and communities.
Hive installation- Dom
After empowerment and training by ANCO, Commununity members established individual tree nurseries to support forest restoration and sustainable livelihoods around the Bali-Ngemba Forest Reserve.
Fon and Notable -Launching tree planting in Dom
ANCO Findings on Water Catchments in the Bali-Ngemba Forest Reserve
A comprehensive assessment and mapping of critical water catchments within the Bali-Ngemba Forest Reserve to support conservation, restoration, and sustainable community water resources management.
Books and Publications by Pa. Mzeka Paul
Our testimonies
Working with ANCO has strengthened collaboration between communities and conservation stakeholders in our areaANCO
ANCO is one of the few organizations consistently working on both conservation and community empowerment in our landscape.
Through ANCO’s beekeeping training, I started producing honey and earning additional income while helping to protect the forest.
Their environmental education programs have greatly increased awareness about sustainable farming and forest conservation within our communities.