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The city of Ngompen : the jewel of the forest
A new forest governance: that’s what the first city of the Inner Africa label wants to
introduce. The city will be touristic and agro-climatic but will be quite different from what
each of us had the occasion to witness. Immersed in the forest and pioneer of agroforestry,
it will carry the Congo basin’s forest message to the international community.

The location of the forest’s city
The village of Ngompen, located in the Littoral region
halfway between Yaoundé and Douala, will be the
host of our sustainable city.
The city will be implanted on a delimited private land
of 40 hectares, belonging to Mr DELSART’s family.
About 70% of the land is occupied by a humid
equatorial forest. The area can be extended to 100
hectares in the future.

A high city
Ngompen city’s particularity is that it will be
partly built on the canopy, in order not to
occupy the soil or cut trees.
The city will be designed in partnership with
ecological artists and architects. The forest is a
sacred place for the local populations. The city
will therefore have an appeasing, spiritual and
fairy-like atmosphere. The execution will be
done in collaboration with specialists and
students from Cameroon, France, and other
countries.

GOING BACK TO THE ROOTS: THE PAPILLON SOURCE’S INNER AFRICA LABEL | EL4DEV - January 2021