Sevidzem Ernestine Leikeki

Sevidzem Ernestine Leikeki (born 1985) is a climate activist from Cameroon and in 2021 was awarded as a BBC 100 Women, for "women who create lasting change". She is a climate and gender activist from the North-West region of Cameroon, and she is the founder of Cameroon Gender and Environment Watch. Quotes We can't fight the climate emergency if we cannot protect and regenerate our land. My community of 300,000 people depends on nature for livelihood. We find daily solutions in our forest and in our farmlands. But our natural resources face a lot of challenges deforestation, over-exploitation, encroachment and poor soil conservation. And these are made worse by gender inequality, cultural barriers and little or no knowledge about the goodness of nature. Nature remains our greatest ally to reach our climate mitigation targets. Planting trees is essential, but we need to raise a forest generation that will thrive and live in harmony with nature. A "forest generation" living in harmony with nature, October 2020. TED, Retrieved: 29, November 2023. Honey equals income, equals jobs, equals gender equality, equals conservation. Environmental Hero: Sevidzem Ernestine Leikeki, Lindsey Jean Schueman. January 20, 2022, OneEarth. Retrieved: 29, November 2023. External links Category:Women activists from Cameroon Category:Climate change activists Category:Agronomists Category:Sustainability