Timber cutting and hunting have diminished the country's diverse wildlife resources, which include monkeys, chimpanzees, gorillas, antelopes, lions, and elephants, as well as numerous species of birds and snakes. The majority of the people are farmers who live in small towns or villages in S and central Cameroon. The country is divided into 10 provinces. Language and Religion French and English are both official languages. French principles of education predominate in Cameroon's secondary and technical schools.
Mission schools play an important role in education and are partly subsidized by the government.
In the early 1990s total annual enrollment in primary schools was about 1,964,000, and in secondary and vocational schools, about 500,300. A total of more than 32,000 students are enrolled in institutions of higher education. The principal commercial crops are coffee, cacao, tobacco, cotton, and bananas. In the early 1990s, yearly production of coffee and cacao, the leading agricultural exports, amounted to about 85,000 metric tons for the former and 94,000 metric tons for the latter. Other commercial products include rubber, palm products, and sugarcane.