NORTH WEST REGION--TRAINING OF ECO-GUARDS FOR THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF THE KOM-WUM FOREST
THE POPULATIONS OF THE NORTH-WEST REGION MAKE REFORESTATION A PRACTICE TO SAVE THE PLANET FROM NATURAL DISASTER About eleven Eco-guards benefitted training to ensure the protection and conservation of the Kom-Wum forest reserve. “The Fundong council has been consistently losing timber as well as several protected animal species to poachers in the past years. It was therefore both urgent and important to have this team recruited and trained in order to help us cut down on the prevailing rate of illegal poaching, illegal hunting, illegal logging and all other ills practiced within this rich reserve”. These are the words of Mayor Denis Awoh Ndang during a certificate award ceremony on June 29, 2016 to some eleven Eco-guards who had benefitted training to ensure the protection and conservation of the Kom-Wum forest reserve said to be endowed with rich forest and wildlife resources. The training was carried out thanks to a partnership between the Fundong council and the Cen