Environment & Nature Protection: Measure Taken To Save Dja Reserve

The Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Development has through a partnership convention sought the expertise of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Government, through the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Development (MINEPAT) has signed a partnership convention with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to handle environmental aspects of the Integrated Development and Planning Programme of the Dja Mining Loop and the Adjacent Border Area (PADI DJA).

Mining operations are expected to take place in the Dja Faunal Reserve which spans across the South and East Regions.

The signing ceremony took place in Yaounde, Tuesday November 7, 2017.While MINEPAT boss, Louis Paul Motaze penned for his ministry, Hanson Njiforti, Director of WWF-Cameroon Country Office Programme signed for his outfit which is engaged in wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment.

According to Hanson Njiforti of WWF, the convention will give them a legal framework to exercise in protecting the Dja. “We sometimes neglect the impact of some of our activities on the environment. A project carried out without considering the impact on the environment can cost us a lot more,” he averred, noting that the convention was a good step in the right direction.

WWF Cameroon is expected to provide its assistance, technical expertise and support to PADI DJA, with the principal objective of ameliorating the living conditions of the affected population. WWF Cameroon will also have the task of promoting ...