ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE
The reforestation campaign in action ‘‘One Woman, One Tree, One Family, one Tree for a Green Cameroon’’.
while deserts will become more extreme. Desertification would likely become irreversible given that the environment will become drier and soils will be degraded by erosion and settlement. Adaptation to drought and desertification could thus depend on the creation of different systems of production.
Concrete actions Conscious of this phenomenon, the Pan-African Parliamentarians’ Network on Climate Change (PAPNCC) is taking action and implementing concrete actions in the fight against climate change, and the desertification of Africa and Cameroon in particular. The PAPNCC is an international
network set up by a group of Parliamentarians from about 38 African countries to effectively fight against climate change. Its head
office is located in the National Assembly of Cameroon under the distinguished patronage of the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Cavaye Yeguie Djibril, MP, and I am its Executive President. The PAPNCC/REPPACC has
the following missions among others:
Short-term missions : • Influence decisions, laws, politi- cal and public opinions in the fight against climate change; • Build the capacity of social ac- tors and victims of climate change through awareness raising, training, national and international workshops; and • Denounce environmental dam- ages from the global perspective and encourage the consideration of the opinion of the socially disadvantaged during national and international forums.
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B. Long-term missions • Establish a synergistic action plan in all member countries ; and • Make Africa a green continent through the strategy ‘‘One Africa, one voice, one position’’.
The Memorandum of Understanding signed between PAPNCC and the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and the Family (MINPROFF) triggered a strong reforestation campaign over the entire territory of Cameroon with the slogan ‘‘One Woman, One Tree, One Family, one Tree for a Green Cameroon’’. The campaign, which was divided
into five phases, kicked off in the far north region (Waza) with nearly 6,000 selected trees planted, with a Plant Maintenance Committee made up of associations of women of the Waza region to act as guards.
The second phase took place
in the central region in a zone called ‘‘Echangeur Nvan’’ and the third in the north-west in the localities of
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...the pursuit of their main objective, the PAPNCC and PNDP intend to translate the signed Convention into concrete actions on the field.”
‘‘Nkambe, Kumbo and Batibo’’. The fourth and fifth phases are due to take place in the regions of Adamawa, East, North and Littoral.
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