FAP

FOREST AND AGROFORESTRY PROMOTERS IN BRIEF.

Forest and Agro-forestry Promoters (FAP) is a national Community-based Non Governmental Organisation created in May 2001 with the Headquarters in Ndop, Ngoketunjia Division, North West Province of Cameroon.

FAP Promotes the sustainable management of Natural Resources in the Bamenda Highlands and the Kupe and Muaneguba Mountains. This is achieved through the improvement of livelihoods of forest-dependent Communities. FAP also promotes the creation and management of Community forests, Council forests/plantation activities that promote the conservation and management of natural resources.

FAP is currently executing a tree planting and Bee Keeping project in the Bamenda Highlands region sponsored by the Dutch Embassy in Senegal within its 2004 - 2005 Project Support Activities.

FAP is working with different rural communities to develop projects in the areas of enrichment planting, afforestation, reforestation, capacity building on income generating activities especially bee keeping and market gardening as well as the installation of Eco-touristic sites.

Due to the growing interest of women in most of FAP activities the Organization has created a women empowerment component to take care of Women Income Generating activities and Adult Literacy.

FAP networks with a good number of organisations involved in Natural Resource Management and Support Services to rural and impoverished communities.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS (2003 - 2005)

• Demarcation of forest boundary, tree and animal inventory/survey in collaboration with the Bamenda Highlands Forest Project in Babanki Tungo Community forests.
• Establishment and Management of tree nurseries in Ndop.
• Supply and supervised and planting 800 assorted tree species in the Bamenda Handicraft Cooperative Centre in Bamenda and at Camp Joy in Bamenssing Ndop.
• Survey of a number of secret forests in Bamunka Village Ndop.
• Remapping and demarcation of Babessi Rural Council Forest in Babessi Sub-Division in Ngoketunjia Division.
• The establishment of plantain nurseries in Babanki-Tungo, Tubah Sub Division, Mezam Division of the North West Province.
• Bird survey in and around lake Bambalang with bird watchers from SNV, Deputy British High Commission and other tourists.
• Report on the 2005 world wetlands day on day on the wise use and problems of the Ndop plain wetlands.
• Trained 60 farmers on Agro-Forestry techniques Babanki-Tungo in Tubah Sub Division.
• Trained 90 farmers/craftsmen and women on Bee Keeping and Tree Planting. Participants were drawn from Muffuo II in Bamessing Divisional Self-Reliant Handicraft Training Centre, Bamessing and Bamenda Cooperative Handicraft Centre Bamenda.
• Nursed 10,000 assorted tree seedlings.
• Supplied and supervised the planting of 9,800 assorted tree seedlings to the bee keeping and tree planting projects in three locations, funded by the Dutch Embassy.

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Lake Ndop

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