Carine Pamela Kenfack, PhD
Dr. Carine Pamela Kenfack is a plant ecophysiologist, biodiversity researcher, conservation practitioner and green entrepreneur. She designs and implements initiatives that strengthen community participation in conservation, environmental education, sustainable livelihoods and climate resilience across Cameroon and beyond. She holds a PhD in Plant Ecophysiology and Biotechnology from the University of Dschang, with research experience through the Cosmétopée Congo Basin Project in partnership with Cosmetic Valley (France). Her interests include plant domestication, ethnobotany, traditional ecological knowledge, biodiversity conservation and sustainable agricultural systems, including equitable access and benefit-sharing under the Nagoya Protocol. Beyond academia, she has coordinated community awareness campaigns, educational workshops and stakeholder engagement activities, with particular emphasis on supporting women and young people as custodians of traditional knowledge and agents of environmental change. As a green entrepreneur she develops greenhouse cultivation solutions for sustainable fruit and vegetable production in western Cameroon, contributing to food security, climate adaptation and sustainable livelihoods.
Francis Guetse
Francis Guetse is a conservation biologist and wildlife researcher dedicated to protecting threatened species and strengthening community-led conservation across Central Africa. He leads BA’s conservation programmes, scientific research, species recovery initiatives, and biodiversity monitoring. He holds a Master’s in Applied Ecology and Wildlife Management from the University of Dschang and is pursuing a PhD at the University of Bamenda, researching the conservation ecology of the endangered Mount Cameroon Francolin — one of Africa’s least-studied and most threatened bird species. With more than six years in conservation and ecological research, he has worked on threatened bird species including galliformes, hornbills and parrots, as well as marine turtle conservation. He has contributed to peer-reviewed publications on the Cameroon Francolin, the White-throated Mountain Babbler, and the wildlife trade affecting hornbills in Cameroon. He is a member of the IUCN SSC Galliformes Specialist Group, the IUCN SSC Hornbill Specialist Group, the African Bird Club, and the Society for Conservation Biology – Africa Section, and coordinates the Network of Actors for the Protection of Marine Turtles in Central Africa (RASTOMA). Research supported by a Rufford Foundation grant won First Prize at the 8th International Galliformes Symposium in Indonesia.