Cameroon

Terrain in Cameroon ranges from coastal plains on the Gulf of Guinea to a central plateau, mountains in the west, and more plains to the north. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rainfed agriculture. Cameroon has high biodiversity rarity of terrestrial land vertebrates at a global scale. When analysed as single taxons, the rarity of amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles is also high. The rarity of marine fish and mammals is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include deforestation; overgrazing result in erosion, desertification, and reduced quality of pastureland; poaching; overfishing; and overhunting.