Cécile Ndjebet | |
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President of the African Women's Network for Community Management of Forests | |
Personal details | |
Born | Littoral Region (Cameroon) |
Alma mater | Wageningen Agricultural University |
Occupation | environmental activist |
Awards | 2022 Wangari Maathai Award |
Cécile Bibiane Ndjebet is a Cameroonian environmental activist and social forester. She is known for her work in promoting women's rights to land and forests. She is the winner of the 2022 Wangari Maathai Award. [1]
Cécile Ndjebet was born in a rural locality near Edea in the Littoral region of Cameroon. Her mother was a farmer. [2] She holds a Master of Sciences degree in Social forestry from Wageningen Agricultural University in The Netherlands. [3]
Cecile Ndjebet started her carrier in Cameroon as a civil servant. In 2012, she was elected Climate Change Champion of the Central African Commission on Forests. [4] She is the President of the African Women's Network for Community Management of Forests (REFACOF), an organisation promoting women's participation in natural resources management in Cameroon she founded in 2001. [4]
In November 2022, she was awarded the UNEP's Champions of the Earth award. [5]
Cécile Ndjebet | |
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President of the African Women's Network for Community Management of Forests | |
Personal details | |
Born | Littoral Region (Cameroon) |
Alma mater | Wageningen Agricultural University |
Occupation | environmental activist |
Awards | 2022 Wangari Maathai Award |
Cécile Bibiane Ndjebet is a Cameroonian environmental activist and social forester. She is known for her work in promoting women's rights to land and forests. She is the winner of the 2022 Wangari Maathai Award. [1]
Cécile Ndjebet was born in a rural locality near Edea in the Littoral region of Cameroon. Her mother was a farmer. [2] She holds a Master of Sciences degree in Social forestry from Wageningen Agricultural University in The Netherlands. [3]
Cecile Ndjebet started her carrier in Cameroon as a civil servant. In 2012, she was elected Climate Change Champion of the Central African Commission on Forests. [4] She is the President of the African Women's Network for Community Management of Forests (REFACOF), an organisation promoting women's participation in natural resources management in Cameroon she founded in 2001. [4]
In November 2022, she was awarded the UNEP's Champions of the Earth award. [5]