{"id":3979,"date":"2026-04-30T20:33:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimatemedia237.com\/?p=3979"},"modified":"2026-05-01T05:43:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:43:30","slug":"bakossi-national-park-no-forest-no-future-as-muaku-village-marks-world-wildlife-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimatemedia237.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/bakossi-national-park-no-forest-no-future-as-muaku-village-marks-world-wildlife-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakossi National Park: \u2018No Forest, No Future\u2019 As Muaku Village Marks World Wildlife Day\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bakossi National Park under the Programme for the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources, PSMNR, South West Region, has intensified its call for forest conservation, telling communities that protecting trees is protecting human survival.<\/p>\n

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The message anchored World Wildlife Day celebrations held Saturday, April 26, 2026, in Muaku village, Bangem Subdivision, Kupe Muanenguba Division where park officials, chiefs, and villagers gathered under the theme: \u201cForests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cForests are not just trees. They are health, culture, livelihoods, and water,\u201d Community Development Officer of Bakossi National Elvis Kome Ngome told the crowd. \u201cDestroy them, and we destroy ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ngome said Muaku was chosen for the event due to its proximity to the park headquarters and its role in ongoing conservation. He warned residents against poaching, illegal logging, wildlife trafficking, and farm encroachment, saying such acts endanger both people and ecosystems.<\/p>\n

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The Bakossi forest, he stressed, is a critical water catchment serving Cameroon\u2019s Southwest and Littoral regions and Nigeria\u2019s Cross River State. It also hosts 320 rare plant species, 32 of which are found nowhere else on earth.<\/p>\n

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To curb destruction, the park has demarcated boundaries across four clusters, reinforced community wildlife surveillance, and planted timber trees along borders.<\/p>\n

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On livelihoods, it has distributed pigs, set up nurseries, granted scholarships, and trained children of repentant poachers in trades.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe want people to live well without killing the forest,\u201d Ngome said, urging continued collaboration to attract more development.<\/p>\n

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Chief of Muaku, Ewane Moses, praised the park\u2019s livelihood projects in the South East Cluster and pledged to uphold conservation rules for his people\u2019s well-being.<\/p>\n

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PSMNR-SW’s Communication Officer Julius Atia called for stronger protection of key species \u2014 chimpanzees, pangolins, drill monkeys, red-eared guenons, and the Goliath frog \u2014 saying they maintain ecological balance and human health.<\/p>\n

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Chief Ndode Ewang, General Secretary of the Africa Millennium Development Network, said conservation education is vital so \u201cfuture generations continue to benefit from natural resources.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The day featured men\u2019s and women\u2019s marathons, a football match, traditional dances, musical displays, prize awards, and libation.<\/p>\n

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Ntide Elvis won the men\u2019s marathon, with Nkwelle Fabrice second and Ntungwe Desmond third. In the women\u2019s race, Epie Sone Mathilda took first, followed by Hene Dione and Ekane Faith.<\/p>\n

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Park officials said the celebration drove home one message: forests remain indispensable pillars for health, culture, livelihoods, and ecosystem survival.<\/p>\n

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By Ngoh Jude Larissa-Dian & Michael Fongwe<\/strong><\/p>\n

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