Company · Environmental Services

Erudef Environment & Rural Development Foundation

The Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) is a Cameroonian non-profit dedicated to the conservation of wildlife and protection of fragile environments through research, training, education and community engagement. ERuDeF’s main objectives are: • To develop priorities and strategies for addressing relevant rural and environmental issues • To provide local communities with the means to efficiently manage their natural resources and to alleviate poverty. • To develop successful and/or potentially successful strategies for mobilizing communities and people to conserve their natural resources. • To promote women’s role in conservation and development through training and support of women programs • To combat deforestation, land degradation and desertification • To promote alternative sustainable development strategies in rural areas including development of alternative models of rural financing. • To promote advocacy, education, training and information programmes that increase people’s awareness of environmental problems as well as human issues affecting environmental management and their remedies.