Horn und Tusk 
Horn und Tusk was created with the idea that conservation and conflict data should be accessible to everyone. We are dedicated to providing up to date, easy to understand information on Cameroon's environs, wildlife, and perhaps most importantly its people. This organization’s purpose is to provide actionable information for the purpose of wildlife conservation and conflict resolution in Cameroon. Through education, advocacy, and the building up of people, we have the dual aim to uplift struggling communities in Cameroon while preserving Cameroon’s wildlife before it is too late.
Our truth is that most international organizations that focus on wildlife or conflict willingly withhold data or manipulate it to ensure their doners only see positive developments. This results in many communities and wildlife populations being abandoned entirely. We aim to shatter this narrative by acknowledging all struggling populations, being 100% transparent, and only being accountable to our causes. We believe this mentality, along with an honest dedication to the well-being of local peoples is the only sustainable solution to solving conflict and saving wildlife. Most importantly, we will never abandon communities or species out of fear of failure or fear of harm.
Our future, is a shared future. Right now, communities in the North West, South West, and Far North Regions of Cameroon are currently losing their future. Right now, multiple species populations are heading towards extinction in the next decade. It is now or never, so the question we need to ask is, what are we willing to lose?
1. Honesty and Transparency: One of the main reasons we created Horn und Tusk was the amount of articles and reports we came across from big wildlife organizations that distorted the truth or ommited critical information. As such we are commited to being 100% honest, always stating the good and the bad, and providing the entire picture, always.
2. Accesibility: Accessibility is just as important to our mission as many large organizations publish their data only for the highly educated, researchers, and professionals in the field. Other organizations are guilty of the opposite, pursuing accessibility by dumbing down information or omitting certain data. To us, if our information cannot be understood and used by all, from the top researcher in the field down to the street vendor who never went to school, what we have done here is useless and serves no actual purpose. Information should be accessible, thorough, and understandable by everyone, no matter their level of education.
3. Accountability: We believe vagueness is complacency. Many organizations state they are doing the absolute most to protect or help, but they state no goals, objectives, or measures to gauge how successful their initiatives truly are. Afraid to fail, these organizations are only willing to state what they are doing without stating their level of success versus failure. We pledge that for every project, specific goals will be stated so that a determination of success or failure can be determined. Accountability is important, otherwise mistakes are repeated and no real progress can occur.
Cameroon is often referred to as Africa in Miniature. What is left unsaid is that this statement also applies to the issues it faces. The many problems that plague Cameroon put at risk its vast cultural richness, along with two of the most environmentally important areas on the continent: The Congo Basin and the Lake Chad Basin. I order to address critical issues faced by Central Africa as a whole, finding solutions in a microcosm is perhaps our best bet.
My name is Jordan, and I like to solve problems. To me, one of the most important is perhaps the future of the people and wildlife of Cameroon's troubled regions. I stumbled into this through the pursuit of my four master’s degrees where as a result I was able to live and conduct research in South West Region during the summer of 2023. During this time, I was able to meet people from all walks of life and make lifelong friends. I saw first-hand the challenges my friends faced and their perseverance. I also saw the potential of what these areas could be.
Unlike many other large organizations, I did not create this out of a desire to "help" or change the world. I created Horn und Tusk for two reasons. As an outlet for me to funnel resources and time to South West and hopefully one day North West regions to help them rebuild their future. And out of a desire to beat the major wildlife conservation NGOs at their own game, as during my past research I discovered much of their efforts were “Show-Conservation”, leaving many animals out to die.
