The wildlife charity said it would investigate evidence of violence against indigenous people un
In 2012, Sarah Strader, an American Fulbright researcher, witnessed eco-guards near Lobéké pull a man out of their 4x4. They beat him as he “moaned incomprehensibly,” Strader wrote in her diary, which she shared with BuzzFeed News.Strader reported what she saw to a field office shared between the government and WWF. There, a forest ministry official told her the beating was a normal part of the fight against poaching.
Following the increasingly public allegations, WWF International commissioned an internal investigation. They hired Mwenge, an indigenous rights expert, to prepare a report on the charity’s work in Cameroon. The report acknowledged that local people knew “WWF’s contribution and support of conservation is of great importance” and cited some examples of the charity’s work to improve their living conditions including health and education services.The Baka community was forced to “endure the behaviours of some eco-guards acting as masters and lords” and using their powers to “violate the rights of communities,” the report found.
It is unclear how WWF responded to many of the staff recommendations in the wake of the report, including the plan to thwart corruption., overseen by officials in Switzerland, designed to allow “any community or group” to submit complaints about human rights abuses. WWF promises to investigate such complaints thoroughly — but months later, the villagers told BuzzFeed News that they had received no response.Katie Baker / BuzzFeed Newsa team to travel to Cameroon to carry out research in Lobéké. WWF was a partner on the study.
By the time the German researchers had made their recommendations about the allegations in Cameroon, WWF had been forced to respond to reports of abuse at another park several hundred miles away.
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