Operational structure

The Programme is made up of three national components and six priority sites.

The national components are:

• The Executive Secretariat, based in Yaounde is charged with administrative and financial co-ordination, as well as technical monitoring and evaluation of the Programme.
• The Botanical component lodged within the National Herbarium of Cameroon in Yaounde, is active throughout the country and is charged with botanical inventories.
• The Zoological component was entrusted to IRAD for zoological research at national level, but unfortunately it never took-off.

The field components or priority sites are:

• Mount Cameroon
• Mount Kupe
• Mount Kilum-Ijim
• Campo Ma’an
• South East
• Savanna Ecosystems.

Introduction
Legal framework
Objectives of the Cameroon Biodiversity Conservation and Management Programme
Partners of the Programme
Operational structure
Consultation and management bodies