MyFarmTrees in Cameroon: When science, tradition, and forest become one

In western Cameroon, the spirits of the ancestors are not the only guardians of sacred forests. Thanks to the MyFarmTrees platform, led by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT with the support of the Darwin Initiative, these places of memory and biodiversity—once threatened by time and neglect—are being revived.

More than 315 sacred forests have been inventoried, protected, and restored, with the collaboration of traditional chieftaincies, locally trained nursery workers, and the communities themselves. In Toumghem, a small village in the Bayangam municipality, this collective mobilization has become a true model of action.