Conference on the Nyong River: Regulation of Human Activities discussed
An international summit has opened in Yaounde to halt the ecological decline of the Nyong River, which now threatens the livelihoods of more than two million people. The two-day conference at the Yaounde Conference Centre brought together government ministers, international donors, and climate scientists to draft an emergency framework for the close-to 700-kilometre waterway. Opening […]
The two-day conference at the Yaounde Conference Centre brought together government ministers, international donors, and climate scientists to draft an emergency framework for the close-to 700-kilometre waterway.
Opening the summit on behalf of the Prime Minister, Georges Elanga Obam, the Minister of Decentralization and Local Development, warned that decades of unregulated human activity have severely degraded the river ecosystem.