As part of the AlimenTerre 2025 Festival, Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières(AVSF) and the Department of Geography are organizing a screening-debate of the film " à la vie à la terre : Cameroun, la terre des femmes ", presented as part of the Développement Durable et Territoires(Licence 3 de géographie) course, which examines the principles, reference framework and means of action of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The screening-debate takes place in amphitheatre 6 of the EGGER building, from 8am to 10am, and is open to all AMU students and staff.
The issues presented in the film (protecting nature, rising sea levels, local agriculture, social injustice) illustrate global and local challenges that will be the basis for sharing knowledge and experience.
Facilitator : Anne Cadoret and Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières
À la vie, À la Terre: Cameroon, the land of women
Synopsis : The lungs of the planet, a reserve of biodiversity and a bulwark against rising sea levels, the mangroves of Cameroon are under threat from uncontrolled logging and climate change. The women who cultivate the fields suffer the daily effects of extreme climatic events. On the mainland, in the south, thousands of hectares of forest are being sacrificed to agro-industrial monocultures of rubber and palm oil: an economic choice perceived as necessary for the country's development, but which generates greenhouse gases and seriously disrupts the flora and fauna. Cécile Bibiane Ndjebet has dedicated her life to protecting nature. She has been fighting this battle for over thirty years alongside women farmers in Cameroon. Following in the footsteps of this agricultural engineer, winner of the Champions of the Earth award - the United Nations' highest environmental distinction - the film offers a sensitive look at those who are confronting climate upheaval and striving to adapt to it. Encounters with scientists, natives, fish smokers, fishermen...
