Fonkwo Sylvie
Treasurer, AFWS
- PhD in Ecology and Wildlife Management
- Ecology and Wildlife Management
About Me
I am Dr Sylvie Fonkwo, a researcher and senior lecturer at the University of Bamenda. I am a specialist in Ecology and Wildlife Management. I have worked with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Cameroon Wildlife Conservation Society (CWCS) and with the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF) on the Ecology, Management and Conservation of Wildlife over the past decade in Cameroon. I am also a member with the Red Colobus Conservation Network
(RCCN), Cameroon Primatological Society (CPS), America Primatological Society (APC), Society of Conservation Biology (SCB), British Ecological Society (BES), African Forestry and Wildlife Society (AFWS), Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF), and HIGHER Women.
As a researcher and lecturer, I have been involved in research and teaching on the Management and conservation of Red Colobus since 2008. I have carried out research specifically on Red colobus in and around Korup National Park. I have looked at the population status, activity patterns, anthropogenic activity affecting Red colobus, hunting of bushmeat and socio-economic and cultural importance of Red colobus to the local community in and around Korup National Park. I have published vastly on these topics and topics that covers other wildlife species.
I am currently working on the polyspecific association of Preussi’s red colobus in Cameroon. Association of red colobus with other primates is paramount for either protection against Chimpanzee or other ecological ecological reasons. As of now, little has been studied on the association of Preussi red colobus in Cameroon. As such we want to evaluate if preussi red colobus associate with other primates and if they do is it by chance or is for protection against
chimpanzee giving the fact that there are chimpanzees in the Park. Transect method will be used to collect data and we expect our result to be preussi red colobus associate either by chance or for protection.
I am currently the landscape coordinator of the Lebialem Highlands that covers the Tofal Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, The proposed Njoagwi Fotabong 3 Essoh Atta wildlife sanctuary and the Tofala-mone genetic corridors) and the Eastern Cameroon Lanscape under ERuDeF. We are involved in the conservation and protection of Great Apes (Cross River Gorillas, the Cameroon-Nigeria Chimpanzees in the Lebialem Highlands and the Western Lowland Gorillas and Central
Chimpanzee in the Eastern Cameroon Landscape) in these areas, and also, we are involved in improving the livelihood of the local community socio-economically. I have been monitoring the population of these great apes by using camera traps, line transect, and recce, and for the local community, livestock such as piglets, chicken, and goats were given to them and farm materials.