About AMMCO

Our Vision
Making the coastal and aquatic environment of Africa a threat-free home for aquatic wildlife, taking into account the best interest of the local people.
Our mission
Our mission is to contribute to the protection of aquatic megafauna and their habitats in Central Africa by developing synergies to improve scientific knowledge, the livelihoods of fishing communities and law enforcement.
Our intervention axis
- Synergies development for the marine wildlife conservation ;
- Improvement of knowledge on marine wildlife ;
- Reduction of the economic vulnerability of fishing communities ;
- Advocacy for marine wildlife law enforcement
OUR STRATEGIES

To achieve our mission, we identified four strategies including applied research and monitoring, integrated management, awareness and capacity building.
Synergies development for the marine wildlife conservation
Facilitate collaboration between stakeholders on marine and coastal issues

Improvement of knowledge on marine wildlife
Scientific research on aquatic species, their habitat and riparian communities

Reduction of the economic vulnerability of local communities
AMMCO is conscious about the fact that species-based conservation alone is not sustainable for the long-term management

Advocacy for marine wildlife law enforcement
Verification of the application of conventions on aquatic megafauna and its habitat
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Where we work

AMMCO is located in Dizangue near the Lake Ossa Wildlife Reserve, an African manatee sanctuary in Cameroon. We have a second office on the coast at Batoké, Limbé in the Southwest Region of Cameroon. Over the past years, we have implemented several research and conservation projects along the Cameroon’s coastal line from Campo at the border with Equatorial Guinea to Bamusso at the border with Nigeria including the South, Littoral, and Southwest regions. AMMCO looks forward to extending its activities across and beyond West and Central Africa.
AFRICAN MARINE MAMMAL CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION
Initiated on December 17th, 2012, the African Marine Mammal Conservation Organization (AMMCO) received the official accreditation as a non-profit organization on May 8th, 2014 by the Prefecture of Sanaga-Marine in Edea under the administrative authorization N°: 086/RDA/C18/SAAJP.
AMMCO has been implementing research and conservation projects on the African manatee and other African Megafauna such as cetacean, sea turtles, sharks and rays along the coastline of Cameroon.
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OUR Team

Thanks to our dynamic team, we do our best to safeguard our mother nature.
Aristide Takoukam Kamla
President and founder of AMMCO
Eddy Nnanga
Project coordinator
Cedrick Fogwan
Field Assistant and Biostatistician
Clinton FACTHEU
Ecological Monitoring Officer
Fadai Moutchena
Focal point
Marcien KUETE
Cartographer
Joseph Nkembe
Boat pilot
Cedric Ingrid Biankeu
Focal point
Guy Aristide Bengondo Mengoue
Focal point
Morgane Nigon
Project Coordinator
Noëlla Mbotiji
Project Assistant
ADVISORS
Dr. Lucy Keith Diagne
Advisor for AMMCO's manatee projects
Paul Thomson
Strategic Advisor to AMMCO
Thomas Bacha
Stratégic advisor to AMMCO
Laurent Sanchez
Development