Dja Reserve Protection: Hydro-Mekin Takes Engagement

 Its General Manager signed a Memorandum of Understanding yesterday July 6, 2017, with the Minister of Forestry and Wildlife.

The Mekin Hydroelectric Development Corporation (Hydro Mekin) has taken another move to safeguard the Dja Forest Reserve in the East and South Regions of the country, its area of operations. The corporation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Yaounde with the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF), Thursday July 6, 2017. While Minister Philip Ngole Ngwese signed for MINFOF, the General Manager of Hydro Mekin, Frederic Biya Motto penned for his corporation.
We gathered the MoU will enable Hydro Mekin to contain the negative impacts created by the inundations orchestrated by the Mekin reserve and the displacement of animal species from their natural habitats. In containing the problems, Hydro Mekin, with the support of MINFOF, will valorize the production of certain animal species and improve agriculture and fishing in order to curb poaching and indiscriminate forest exploitation.
According to Philip Ngole Ngwese, “the MoU is coming as an accompanyi...