Climate and
Environment
Restoring degraded land, protecting biodiversity and helping communities withstand a changing climate.
Protecting the Land Communities Depend On
Understanding how environmental degradation deepens vulnerability, and how AAPV restores the ecosystems households rely on to live.
When the Land Can No Longer Provide
Deforestation, soil degradation and pollution do not affect communities equally — they hit hardest where households depend directly on the land for food, income and fuel. Each hectare lost narrows what a family can grow, each felled tree makes cooking harder and the next dry season more severe. Climate change compounds all of it, turning environmental decline into a driver of poverty in its own right.
Measurable Results, Community by Community
24,982
24,982
24,982
trees planted with community volunteers — cashew, moringa, tamarind, lemon and terminalia
10+
10+
10+
hectares reforested across fallow land, plantations, hedgerows, community forests and public spaces
46+
46+
46+
pupils supervised in environmental education clubs
40
40
40
improved stoves distributed to reduce cooking pollution and deforestation
Measurable Results, Community by Community
10+ Hectares
Fallow land, plantations, hedgerows, community forests, green spaces and public areas restored.
24,982
Cashew, moringa, tamarind, lemon and terminalia trees planted with community volunteers.
46+
Supported through environmental education clubs.
40
Provided to help reduce cooking pollution and deforestation.
Acting at Every Stage: Restoration, Prevention and Resilience
Land Restoration Works
We reforest fallow land, plantations, hedgerows, community forests and public green spaces, returning degraded areas to productive ecological use.
Community Tree Planting
We plant cashew, moringa, tamarind, lemon and terminalia trees alongside community volunteers who take part at every stage.
Long-Term Tree Management
We monitor and maintain trees planted in previous seasons, ensuring survival rates rather than counting planting campaigns alone.
Cooking Pollution Reduction
We distribute improved stoves that cut household cooking pollution and reduce the demand for firewood driving local deforestation.
Environmental Education Clubs
We supervise environmental clubs in schools, giving pupils the knowledge and habits to protect the ecosystems they will inherit.
Producer Group Support
We support the organisational development of market gardening and soap-making groups, linking livelihoods to sustainable use of resources.
Recent Activities
Follow the activities carried out across our programmes, community by community.
AAPV Conducts Field Mission to Strengthen Nutrition Response in Garoua I and II Health Districts
AAPV conducted a field mission to the North Regional Delegation of Public Health and the Garoua I and II Health
AAPV Represents Cameroon at the KOICA Youth Leaders Program and Secures 3rd Place in the Private Sector Track
AAPV proudly represented Cameroon at the KOICA Youth Leaders Program in Ghana through its delegate, Mr. Aziz PEKASSA. Competing alongside
AAPV Joins CHRDA Panel on Peacebuilding in Cameroon
AAPV participated in a panel discussion on peacebuilding in Cameroon organized by CHRDA, bringing together key perspectives on how sustainable
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Gender-Based Violence
Preventing violence, supporting survivors and equipping the frontline actors they turn to first.
Medical and Mental Health Support
Supporting peace negotiations, recovery and community-led prevention of radicalisation and all forms of violence.
Mobile Clinics
Bringing primary healthcare, reproductive health services and psychosocial support to hard-to-reach communities.
Peace and Social Cohesion
Supporting peace negotiations, recovery and community-led prevention of radicalisation and all forms of violence.
Food Security and Livelihood
Vocational training, food distribution, micro-enterprise start-up kits and Cash for Work opportunities for vulnerable households.
WASH
Building and rehabilitating water points while raising community awareness on hygiene, sanitation and cholera prevention.
Frequently Asked
Questions
The programme promotes environmental protection, climate resilience and sustainable management of natural resources.
AAPV focuses on biodiversity, climate change mitigation, sustainable land management, ecosystem resilience and pollution reduction.
Yes. AAPV supports reforestation in community forests, plantations, public spaces and degraded areas.
AAPV has planted species including cashew, moringa, tamarind, lemon and terminalia trees.
Community volunteers participate in tree planting, environmental protection and awareness activities.