Name: Apiculture and Nature Conservation Organization (ANCO) Address: P O box 5150 Bamenda, Northwest Province Cameroon Telephone: (237) 771 56 51 Email: anco2002@justice.com, anco@adpost.com Date of creation: January 1992 Status: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Motto: Plant a tree and save a bee Mission: Sustainable Beefarming and Nature Conservation Areas of intervention: Nature Conservation, sustainable farming systems and income generating activities. Specific activities. -Tree nursery/tree planting, Beefarming training / material assistance, Plant and wildlife inventory, Assists Communities in the development of community Forest management plan, creation of CF Management Institutions (FMIs), agroforestry, night paddock manuring systems and market gardening. Track Record - In apiculture: 3254 Kenya top bar hives, 2560 smokers and 2356 beesuits produced and distributed. - 6186 beefarmers and 44 trainers trained 2 of whom were trained in Britain and Tanzania. - In nature Conservation: participated in the protection of 26 watersheds in the Northwest and west provinces, assisted a rural community to conserve its bat sanctuary, assisted two communities in the North West Province to conserve their community forests. - In intensive farming systems trained: 200 farmers in agroforestry and night paddock manuring systems trained 30 grazers in improved pasture. Current Projects - Assisting the community of Dom village in Bui Division to conserve its CF. - Assisting the community of Kitiwum in Kumbo Central subdivision to protect their watershed. Target - Rural communities with special attention on women and youths. Membership in Professional organizations - Western Highlands Nature Conservation Network (ANCO Currently holds the chair). - Northwest NGO Forum (Bamenda, Cameroon). - Forum of African Voluntary organizations (FAVO) Dakar Senegal Membership: 250 registered groups containing over 6000 individuals. The groups are nized in not less than 10 groups per zone. Each zone is a focal point for training, meeting orga and honey collection. ANCO PROFILE Global Environment Facility (SGP). HELVETAS Cameroon. The British and the Canadian High Commissions in Cameroon. The German Embassy in Cameroon. The German Development service (DED). The British Village Assistance in development (Village AID). The British International Tree Foundation (ITF). The Borough of Geuzenveld/Slotermeer in Holland. The Netherlands Committee for IUCN in Amsterdam, Holland. The Bamenda Highlands Forest Project (BHFP). The Cameroon Mountains Conservation Foundation (CAMCOF). Close collaborators: SNV (Dutch Development Organization), Both Ends (Holland), Future in Our Hands (Britain), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Britain, Cameroon Biodiversity Conservation Society, Yaounde Cameroon. FUNDERS SNV (Dutch Development Organization), Both Ends (Holland), Future in Our Hands (Britain), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Britain, Cameroon Biodiversity Conservation Society, Yaounde Cameroon. Close collaborators: This is where you tell your story or provide information to your visitors. Be sure to include changes or new information in a timely fashion. By keeping your Web site up to date, visitors will have a reason to return often. You may add text or HTML code to this field and make it as complex as you want. Or, you may erase the content of this field causing it to be hidden when people visit your site. Selected Scholarship award Winners 2005 Please to view pictures on some of anco activities,click to the link storage above.