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PROFILE OF COMINSUD

NAME

Community Initiative for Sustainable Development.

STATUS

Registered under Cameroon Law of Association as a Development Organisation.

YEAR OF CREATION

1996.

MAIN SECTOR OF ACTIVITY:

  • Promotion of Sustainable Agriculture, Natural Resource Management and Environmental Education.
  • Promotion of Good Governance (Human Rights, Democracy and Local Governance)

PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED:

  • Soil Fertility Improvement in Bamenda Central Subdivision (2001-2006). Focus on compost production and Agroforetry practices.
  • Developing Biodiversity Indicators as a tool for Regulating Development Activities in and around Wetlands and Protected Areas in the North West Province (2005).
  • Democracy and the Empowerment of Women (2003-2008). Project concerned with grassroots political empowerment, operates in the NorthWest Province and is scaling up to other Provinces through different Institutions/Organisations.

MAIN INTEREST:

Strengthen the Capacity of local communities and Service Organisations to undertake sustainable exploitation of Natural Resources and encourage conservation measures.

MAIN DIFFICLTIES:

  • Insufficient technical capacity to carry out scientific analysis.
  • A weak livelihood support base and governance system that makes survival difficult for the majority of the people thereby pushing them to irrational resource exploitation practices.
  • Difficulties to secure funds from donors for conservation initiatives.