Cameroon

A GBIF Voting participant from Africa

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Mission

The Cameroonian node has the following goals:

Strengthen the capacity of the data providers of the GBIF Cameroon node to digitize, clean and publish data on the GBIF portal;
Raise awareness among teachers and researchers at research institutes and universities about the importance of GBIF and open data sharing;
Increase the number of Cameroon data providers (from 11 to 15 by 2022);
Increase the number of occurrences published by Cameroonian contributors (from 112,225 to about 150,000 by 2022);
Upgrade Cameroon's biodiversity information system by aligning it with GBIF standards.

Structure

GBIF Cameroon relies on the CBD Clearing House Mechanism, as its steering committee and scientific committee provides data and a validation commission to validate the data.

The two structures consist of teachers and researchers from universities and research institutes. On this steering committee are also representatives of the departments working in the field of biodiversity.

Contacts

Sylvie Fanta
Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development
P.O.BOX 320 Yaounde
Cameroon

Jean François Moussa
Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development
P.O.Box 320 Yaounde
Cameroon

Maurice Tindo
University of Douala
Departement of Animal Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Douala C/o IITA Cameroon Station Yaoundé-Messa Douala 2008
Cameroon

Rigobert Ntep
Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development
P.O.BOX 320 Yaounde
Cameroon

Jean Michel Onana
University of Yaoundé
Faculty of Sciences Department of Plant Biology P.O Box 812 Yaoundé/ National Herbarium P.O. Box 1601 Yaoundé
Cameroon