TroPEG Newsletter No. 002 December 2013 CEO: Editing: Editorial Board SAINGE N. Moses SAINGE Rsearch Director: Rsearch ACHAH Robin ARIFIQUE ACHAH NGOH Michael LYONGA NGOH Michael Moses, Libalah Moses B. Design and Presentation: Design and Presentation: Benedictta Jailughe, Sainge N. Benedictta 5) Address 5) Award 6) Grant 4) What we can do 4) 3) Scientific publications: A contribution A 3) Scientific publications: to science 2) Analog Forestry Landscape techniques design 1) HCV assessment for the establishment the for assessment HCV 1) of oil palm plantation (Consultancy) Issues: TroPEG Newsletter No. 002 December 2013 TroPEG Newsletter No. 002 December 2013 Enumeration of some most strategic ofhabitat that could the and earmarked was conserved be 10 of dbh a with species plant all cm and above were measured, recorded and identified. - - - the Research Director of Tropi cal Plant Exploration Group – TroPEG, Mr. Sainge N. Moses and supervised by Proforest. Illor Balondo, Ngumu, Dibonda, Ngumu, Balondo, Illor and Ekumbako. in Working this zone was really a good platform for the training of some TroPEG members on data collection and plant identi fication, because TroPEG activities. en oriented field courages The entire exercise was led by - - - - - area and Ndongore Forest area, of villages the to closed precisely forest ecosystem. The work took work The ecosystem. forest Korup of zones the around place forest area, Rumpi Hills Forest explore the rich and vast diver sity of the Guinea-Congolian within Tropical Forest Ecosys tem. As the TroPEG name im plies, this was an opportunity to sity conservation,priority assessment of important areas through of conservation values TroPEG’s objectives of fundrais of objectives TroPEG’s biodiver to contributing and ing (HCV) assessment in the month 2013. and November of October This is in accordance with TroPEG carried out a botanical and High Conservation Value TroPEG Newsletter No. 002 December 2013 TroPEG Newsletter No. 002 December 2013 - Boat transporting TroPEG Team to Bulu beach from Ngumu TroPEG filled with dynamic guys. dynamic with filled TroPEG Motto Moses a member paddling TroPEGcanoe to trans team port workers and laggages across Ndian River. TroPEG team loading food stuff and equipments in a canoes beach Town Ndian at Food stuff and equipments to be transported over Ndian River. - . TroPEG (Left) . (Right) Supervision of field operation by Proforest Staff recorder as serving Ekuka worker through photo and can be seenhere: properly identified for the produc the for identified properly tion of a checklist. Some of the field operations were recorded Voucher specimens were collected were specimens Voucher TroPEG Newsletter No. 002 December 2013 TroPEG Newsletter No. 002 December 2013 - - - - - aimed at minimizing the use of external inputs into a natural sys tem. The further facilitatorwent Stock Grover trainer, and lead to state that AF is a regenerative process and not just a sustainable 2013). one (CENDEP improve on good and attractive environmental design and where to get clues on specific structures. design This he referredMother Nature as the best and ul to timate clue of history brief A providerdesign. to comes when it AF was presented, as far back as 1970, until when it was fully de veloped in Sri-Lanka in 1983 by Dr. Ranil Senanayake. The pre IAFN the that stated further senter was created in 1996 with the aim of popularizing the AF across model the world. AF was sented pre as a silvicultural method - - - nalog Forestry Design concept was handled by a by handled was concept trainer from United ameroon Analog Forestry Network (CAFON) with mission to contribute to he is an Analog Forestry design specialist. During the workshop, he drilled participants on how to Organization, two from Nigeria, and fourteen from Cameroon, se lected based on the fact that they promote ecosystem restoration, forest conservation and agro pas toral development activities. Stock), (Grover America of States biodiversity conservation and in at agenda conservation the fluence national and international level through the promotion of analog forestry (CENDEP report 2013). 23 of up made was workshop The Society Civil 16 from participants - - - - roPEG through her part ners was represented Kumboin by two members pant came from abroad and within and abroad from came pant Cameroon. training took place at the Rural Transformation Center (RTC) at the periphery of Kumbo. Partici ment and Eru Propagation (CEN DEP) and The (CAFON). Forestry Network Cameroon Analog Network (IAFN) in collaboration Develop Nursery for Centre with held in November workshop 2013.was organized by The the International Analog Forestry for an international Design” named “Analog Forestry workshop TroPEG Newsletter No. 002 December 2013 TroPEG Newsletter No. 002 December 2013 - - - rom left to right: Grover from USA, Sainge TroPEG - Cameroon, Roos from from BothENDS/Rich Forest and Lyonga RTC the at taken Photo Cameroon. from Kumbo TroPEG - a state in Nigeria about a big Chi nese company that was violating environmental and biodiversity standards. This practical experi glar more a participants gave ence ing picture about advocacy and lobbying. - - - - erry a member of CAFON/CENDEP shared on the issue of advocacy Ntino), with Owan elaborating on an experience they went through trying to inform the authorities of is the highest tool that we as pro moters of Analog Forestry tech nique can conservation priorities. He use also participants that fact the reiterated to also can background non-law from achieve be good advocators and lobbyists, reacting from questions posed by participants. This par two the by supported strongly point ticipants from Nigeria (Owan and was change group. She emphasized that Rich Forests aims to support ecological both have that activities and economic importance. partic reminded He lobbying. and lobbying and advocacy that ipants - - articipants also had talk Netherland based organiza from a member (Roos) of a Timber Forest Product (NTFP) ex (NTFP) Product Forest Timber She presented a brief history of Rich Forest citing its relationship with CORDAID and the Non- Forest is a strategic IAFN and currently housed in partnerthe of Netherlands. BothENDS of offices Rich Forests representive Roos Nipels, also explained that Rich download more information on the on information more download links provided in this magazine. from Asia and distributed a sample a distributed and Asia from Forest Rich by produced magazine to participant to digest and also Matchmaking for livelihood of the rural population. improving Roos Nipels cited the experience elaborated on the important Forest of Garden products and tion (BothEND/Rich Forest) who TroPEG Newsletter No. 002 December 2013 TroPEG Newsletter No. 002 December 2013 - - TroPEG participant (Lyonga, NM) participant (Lyonga, TroPEG presenting the design concept of their group. ence of man’s best friend fertil Earthof indicator strong A worms. ity of soil. - - - cosystem evaluation of soil richness of the soil. Photo macro-fauna to check the ractical group exercise for a propose Analog Forestry De Forestry Analog propose sign for RTC with TroPEG below is an investigation to level see of organic matter and pres participant contibuting ideas on the on ideas contibuting participant proposed design by their group. Forestry Design. TroPEG partici pant doing practical exercise grab the concept better. to - - emonstrating the use of A- of use emonstrating the -Frame Techniques: The frame in producing wavy contour lines in Analog participants on how to cre to how on participants trainer (Grover) briefed in tend harbours’ more crops than straight line contours. ence wavy contours follow natures’ follow contours wavy ence pattern of organization as there is This nature. in line straight a hardly as the writing of the physiognomic of as the writing formula. According to his experi ate contours using A-frame as well A-frame as ate contours using TroPEG Newsletter No. 002 December 2013 ABSTRACT Apiaceae with two species each. A study was undertaken to understand Plants used in traditional medicine are the contributions of indigenous used as decoctions, infusions, macer- ations, powders, mixtures, squeezing, T knowledge in environmental manage- T r boiling, and direct eating. Thirty r o ment and to evaluate some use- Two TroPEG members were o P ful plants in selected tribal seven species used for varied pur- P E partof two independent scientific E G poses ranging from cultural, culinary, villages of South and Southwest G investigation in 2012/2013 of N Cameroon. Intensive field trips were ecological, and architectural, were N e which the findings of these out- e w carried out and interviews were con- identified spreading over 22 f amilies. w s come where effectively pub- Some of the species had some inter- s l ducted with the indigenous peo- l e e t liched in two international esting uses such as plants as indi- pleusing questionnaires that t t t e journals. e r addressed the use of each plant cator species for rich soils, plants r N species for various purposes, believed to solve boundary con- N o o . flicts and witch craft, wrapping and local/traditional name of species, . A) Published by the International 0 0 0 preserving food among others. Tradi- Journal of Biodiversity and Con- plant parts used methods of prepara- 0 2 2 tions, customs, beliefs and cultural tion, prescription and administration D servation.Title: Ethnobotany, in- D e rights play an important role in envi- for medicinal uses. The work resulted e c digenous knowledge and c e in the documentation of fifty two ronmental conservation and biodiver- e m unconsciouspreservation of the en- m b species of ethnomedicinal plants be- sity of the South and South west b e vironment: An evaluation of in- e r longing to thirty families. Among the regions of Cameroon. Hence, there is r 2 digenous knowledge in South and a need to utilize and vulgarize the eth- 2 0 documented plants, Asteraceae, 0 1 Southwest Regions of Cameroon.