Special Seminar - Wetlands in Cameroon: Challenges and Prospects
- Event Type
- Seminar/Symposium
- Sponsor
- Illinois Natural History Survey Seminar Committee
- Virtual
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- Date
- Apr 5, 2022 10:00 am
- Speaker
- Kongnso W. Edith is a PhD fellow at the University of Bamenda, Cameroon, and has been a researcher at the Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation (MINRESI) / National Institute of Cartography in Cameroon since January 2016. She applies GIS and remote sensing in natural resource management and environmental protection with a focus on wetlands.
- Registration
- Registration
- Contact
- Julie Nieset
- jenieset@illinois.edu
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This seminar will introduce policies, challenges and prospects of wetland management in the country of Cameroon, a Central African country of diverse terrain and wildlife as well as present a case study of urban wetlands of Yaounde VII Subdivision. Cameroon entered as a contracting party to the Ramsar Convention in 2006 with subsequent nomination and acceptance of seven Wetlands of International Importance (and surface area of 827, 060 hectares) highlights to be discussed.