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Environment: CAMGEW recommend more conservation actions in the Bamenda Western Highlands

By Bakah Derick  Bamenda based not-for-profit nongovernmental organization Cameroon Gender and Environment Watch (CAMGEW), has expressed the need for more intentional efforts towards environmental protection and conservation in the Bamenda Western Highlands Forest Area. The Director of CAMGEW made the appeal in Bamenda on Wednesday 26 April 2023 during a one day development marketplace event organised by the organization bringing together about 30 other organizations working on conservation and environment.  Partial view of the development marketplace place event ground  According to Wirsiy Emmanuel Binyuy, the Bamenda Western Highlands Forest Area is a source of livelihood for many and particular steps should be taken to ensure its conservation reason why the one day development marketplace fair focused on promoting networking amongst conservation organizations in the area.  Addressing women, youth,  traditional authorities, the university community and eco-businesses pres

Environment: OCJN Climate Justice Ambassador demand insertion of climate issues in school curriculum

By Nfor Nkfu  The Climate Justice Ambassador at Oxford Climate Journalism Network (OCJN) has launched the Climate demand Action (CDA) for Climate Solution Action (CSA) for Cameroon Schools including Colleges, Universities and other institutions of learning. Tamukong Roland Angong launched the campaign on Thursday 30 March 2023 at the Regional College of Agriculture Bambili.  Tamukong Roland with administration and students of RCA Bambili.  "Climate resilience requires, eco-friendly attitudes and habits that can only be better enhanced or sustained through education" Tamukong said  According to Tamukong Roland who is also founder of Cameroon Climate Journalism Network (CCJN) the project is a climate nation wide education advocacy campaign program that will run for a year from the date of the launch with the" objective to cause or call for the insertion of climate studies in Cameroon schools and revival."  Climate Justice Ambassador

Environment: Flooding of City Streams return to Bamenda as Rainy Season Begins

The Mile 4 stream locally known as Nkie-Mufeh on the evening of Tuesday 28 March 2023 overflow it's banks following heavy rains recorded in the city. Before night fall, the news circulated like wildfire forcing many living on both sides of the bridge found on the opposite direction at that moment to hurriedly return home considering the challenges they could face should the over flooding meet them while still on the other side. The result of the rush was huge traffic around the bridge.  Flooding at Ntansen  "I have been standing here for awhile now because of slow traffic. I live in Bambui and when I heard that the bridge was getting full I had to go home earlier." A private car driver tells www.hilltopvoices.com while on traffic.  Less than a week ago, the stream just before city Chemist roundabout overflow practically stopping traffic. It was a similar incident at Below Foncha on the road leading to Ntasen. Experts have blamed the recurrence to poor waste ma

Environment: Tewu Erasmus talks to Hilltopvoices on Waste management in Bamenda

By Shey Godbless  As garbage heaps continue to form mountains at an exponential rate on a daily basis unabated in all the streets within the city of Bamenda, an environmentalist has sounded a strong warning for a bleak future if adequate measures are not  taken and on time.  Waste along the streets of Bamenda  Speaking to www.hilltopvoices.com in an exclusive interview, environmentalist TEWU Erasmus recounted a good number of areas where the increasing garbage heaps was impacting our environment negatively. He classified the effects on two fronts viz: short term and long term effects.  To begin with, the founder of New Vision for an Eco-friendly Environment revealed that there was some toxic smell emanating from the heaps that were not humanly friendly. They cause toxic smell or air pollution.  "As human beings we have different strengths of our respiratory systems and these toxic smells we inhale around our garbage heaps causes a lot of damage to our respi

Environment: Bamenda's recent floods, result of poor waste management, town planning, farming alignment, others

By Bakah Derick   Wednesday 14 September 2022, Bamenda floods like never before. From Mankon to Nkwen, all streams overflow their banks leaving many stranded and nearly homeless. Overflows at Mile 4 bridge    "Places were locked but I managed to reach the regional hospital unfortunately going back home even though I saw a bike, crossing the various streams was not easy and now I am stocked here again in mile four." Linda konglim tells www.hilltopvoices.com as she struggles to get a means to facilitate her crossing of the flooded Nkie-Mufeh bridge.  She indicates that passing through City Chemist to Sonac street was a herculean task. The K-town road was completely impassable. She managed her way through the bridge at the Nkwen  market area.  "Water is everywhere today. The worst part is that it is very dirty and so as I managed to cross, I was not too sure of what can happen to me. See my dresses are wet like this because I passed inside the water."  Ear