Amindeh Blaise

ABOUT THE WRITER
Amindeh Blaise Atabong was born in Batouri, a town close to the lush bushlands within the species-rich Congo Basin. He grew up in Cameroon within this ecosystem and has since 2013 worked as a freelance journalist with a bias for environment and conservation reporting. Amindeh has written for respectable local, regional and international news outlets, amongst them Reuters, Mongabay, The Times UK, African Arguments and Equal Times. He has won many awards for his work including an African Climate Change and Environment Reporting (ACCER) Award by Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA). Since 2020, he has been serving as editorial consultant for the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).
BY THIS WRITER
2 Feb 2023
Growth of forest plantations in Central Africa lags over financing constraints
Despite exciting opportunities and strong potentials, forest plantations occupy a very limited space in the sub-region, both in terms of area and production.
2 Feb 2023
Growth of forest plantations in Central Africa lags over financing constraints
16 Jan 2023
Asian demand for timber to intensify pressure on Central Africa’s forests
Stricter European controls to ensure the legality of wood has diverted export to Asian countries.
16 Jan 2023
Asian demand for timber to intensify pressure on Central Africa’s forests
16 Nov 2022
Over a quarter of Congo Basin forests at risk of vanishing by 2050
The loss of intact forests in Central African countries has skyrocketed since 2000, reaching an all-time high in the last five years, a new report shows
16 Nov 2022
Over a quarter of Congo Basin forests at risk of vanishing by 2050