As a Ph.D. student at the University of Buea, he’s led over 30 field expeditions and spearheaded numerous conservation projects focusing on endemic amphibians in Cameroon’s Bamenda highlands since 2018. With expertise in taxonomy, ecological studies, and herpetofauna conservation, he’s achieved significant milestones as a project leader. Additionally, he possesses skills in community-based conservation education.
Central Africa is one of the few remaining regions in the world absorbing more carbon than it emits, its forests also boast unique biodiversity hotspots. The Cameroon volcanic line is one of these hotspots with the Mount Tchabal Mbabo (MTM) situated at the northern part of the setting. Unfortunately, this mountain is subjected to growing of anthropogenic activities around leading to more land demand for human habitation, agriculture, and animal rearing. From this disturbance, one of the most impacted species are frogs. The overall goal of this project is to collect occurrence data of endemic threatened amphibians of the MTM and use Biodiversity informatics tools to clean, analyze and share these data; develop models of their ecological niches and organize educational events (BioBlitz). This will promote intense field sampling around MTM to have a better grasp of the ongoing situation to develop a tailored conservation action plan for this hotspot.