A group of kids and youths for species conservation and environmental sustainability in the Mount Cameroon Area, Eco-Warriors, have called on adjacent communities to the Mount Cameroon National Park to retreat from activities that threaten endangered biodiversity species and uphold good environmental practices.
Speaking on Hi TV’s environmental flagship programme, Nature’s Corner, June 27, 2024, the frowned at the indiscriminate dumping of waste that end up in gutters, causing deadly floods. They also highlighted the negative effects of converting the forests into farmlands on biodiversity species in this protected area.
The Eco-Warriors used the TV programme to talk about key actions they have carried out within the last 10 months to conserve biodiversity species in the area and contribute to environmental protection. “We distributed over 100 threatened trees to 20 households for domestication, created awareness on protected species through the distribution of 100 calendars, donated trash cans in schools and hospitals and carried out sensitization on sustainable waste management. We also educated children and youths against species depletion through traditional storytelling and carried out regenerative agriculture as a way to increase farm yields and limit encroachment into the National Park,” the president Eco-Warriors, Ekwo Bella explained.
The Eco-Warriors President noted that ” the amount of waste on the streets, even in our school, has reduced due to the trash cans we donated. The quantity of plastic waste on our streets have also reduced , especially around the Buea Central Market, where we installed a plastic cage.”
The Eco-Warriors’ members testified that their involvement in the Network has helped them develop themselves and gain more knowledge about environmental issues. Eco-Warriors is a brain child of Voice of Nature (VoNat) established in October 2023 as part of a project to put community kids and youths on the frontline of species conservation and environmental sustainability in the Mount Cameroon Area, funded by New England Biolabs Foundation.
By Kang Brita Ebude