Empowering women and restoring wetlands go hand in hand

Environmentalist and Women Changemaker in the World of Wetlands C��cile Ndjebet says women are crucial for sustainable environmental conservation.

��Women are driving conservation efforts on the ground; they are restoring degraded ecosystems that bring back biodiversity. Unfortunately, this recognition is not followed by rewarding actions,�� decries Ndjebet.

As the founder of the national NGO Cameroon Ecology and the co-founder of the African Women's Network for Community Management of Forests (REFACOF), Ndjebet has dedicated over three decades to environmental conservation, with a special focus on empowering women and restoring degraded ecosystems.

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