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Experts say endangered species are being threatened by Internet advertisements asking people adopt "playful primates" from Cameroon, AFP reported.It is illegal and forbidden to deal primates in the central African country. But one environmental activist in the front line said that over the past three years the Internet has led to a flourishing trade in endangered species.The Last Great Ape Organization (Laga-Cameroon) is a small non-governmental organization that works in...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- A potential new player in Cameroon's mobile market and regulatory pressure to cut prices will help to more than double the country's mobile penetration by 2014, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com). Communications Markets in Cameroon offers a precise, incisive profile of the country's converged telecommunications, media, and...
ALBANY, N.Y. and EATONTOWN, N.J., May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- StratoComm Corporation (STCO) is making final preparation for a team of its engineers to depart for Douala, Cameroon which as referenced earlier this year is the location for installation of StratoComm's first commercial wireless telecommunications system. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071024/NYW094LOGO) During April the company fully equipped its wireless telecommunications testing lab located at its...
Forget English or Spanish. The real universal language is music!A new study reveals the emotions communicated in our Western music can be understood across cultural and language barriers. Researchers traveled to the Northern region of Cameroon, Africa to see whether native Africans who had never been exposed to the Western musical style before could appreciate the emotional aspects of the music.They found listeners could recognize emotional expressions of happiness, sadness and fear more...
ALBANY, N.Y., EATONTOWN, N.J. and DOUALA, Cameroon, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- StratoComm Corporation (STCO) and Evergreen ISP Platforms met this week in Eatontown, New Jersey to work through final details for its initial launch of communications services in the country of Cameroon. Mr. William Tallah, Director General of Evergreen ISP Platforms, StratoComm's Cameroonian partner, traveled to the U.S. to finalize details for the launch of Internet and telephony subscriber services....
Cameroon has established a new national park that seeks to protect the world's rarest gorilla. Takamanda National Park, which borders Nigeria, is home to an estimated 115 endangered Cross River gorillas. Experts believe the total population of the subspecies is less than 300.The move coincides with an initial meeting in Rome of governments of 10 gorilla range states that seek to protect the endangered primates.The Gorilla Agreement, finalized in June, includes all the countries where the...
The national oil company of Cameroon, Societe Nationale des Hydrocarbures, and GDF Suez have entered into a strategic partnership to develop a liquefied natural gas export plant in Cameroon. Societe Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH) and GDF Suez will start by jointly evaluating the alternatives for liquefied natural gas (LNG) export, including an LNG floating production storage offloading (FPSO) solution in the Kribi or Limbe area. This partnership is expected to enable Cameroon to join the...
By Terence Gomez IN Malaysia, firms with strong corporate social responsibility (CSR) have been recognised through well-publicised awards. Common wisdom also holds that public-private collaborations involving governments, multinational corporations (MNCs) and international financial institutions such as the World Bank will enhance social well-being by eradicating poverty, promoting sustainable forms of economic development, protecting the environment and respecting the rights of indigenous...
KING'S Manor has just been awarded the prestigious 'International School Award' based on its success in embracing internationalism and culture within the curriculum. The award, held only by a handful of schools in the North East, provides recognition for teachers and their schools working to instill a global dimension into the learning experience of all children and young people. The school has fully developed an international ethos with all pupils being engaged in international work at...
By Ndiwane, Abraham Abstract: The risk of HIV transmission may be increased by certain cultural practices. In Cameroon, these practices include group circumcision of boys using unsterile knives during rites of passage, skin cutting or tribal markings, group breast feeding practices and nose shaving rituals. Since traditional healers and circumcisers have a vital role in these practices at the village level, their collaboration is needed by government and biomedical communities to engage in...
Latest Cameroon Reference Libraries
Peter’s duiker (Cephalophus callipygus) is a species of antelope that can be found in southern Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and northern areas of the Republic of Congo. It prefers a habitat in dense, undisturbed primary forests or rainforests, but it will inhabit forests that have been logged if there is enough cover. It can reach an average height of twenty inches at the shoulder, with a weight of forty pounds. Its fur is typically greyish brown in color. It is thought that Weyns’...
The Gray-backed Fiscal (Lanius excubitoroides) is a species of bird found in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
The Bioko Allen's Bushbaby (Galago alleni) , also known as Bioko Allen's Galago, or Bioko Allen's Squirrel Galago is a species of primate in the Galagidae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
The African fat-tailed gecko, Hemitheconyx caudicinctus, is a nocturnal, ground-dwelling gecko from the subfamily Eublepharinae. They are found in West Africa, from Senegal to Cameroon. Their habitat is dry and arid, although they will spend most of their time in a dark, humid hiding area. Adult male geckos are from 8 to 10 inches long, and females 6 to 8 inches long. They will generally live from 15 to 20 years. The normal coloring is brown and tan stripes, with a possible white stripe...
The western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is a subspecies of the western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla). It lives in montane, primary, and secondary forests and lowland swamps. It is found throughout all or parts of Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Of all gorillas it is the least endangered and is the gorilla usually found in zoos. The western lowland gorilla eats plants and, occasionally, insects....
