Cameroon’s Pioneer 2023 UN World Wetland Day Celebrated in Pomp and Fanfare

✓The Executive Director of WORLD ECHOES MEDIA GROUP Tamukong Roland on the occasion commit Journalists of the North West Region to be environment conscious and eco friendly in their daily respective reports.

In other words they should develop interest in reporting for nature to cause awakening amongst men and women in their immediate environment or localities. The exercise, should be extended to their respective news rooms, their editorial policy and should become a routine in the house.

These calls, better still plea  or invitation was extended to Media Men and Women on the occasion of 2023 UN World Wetland Day, first of it’s kind organized exceptionally under the theme it’s time to restore wetland by World ECHOES MEDIA GROUP and Farmer Tantoh Foundation at the Eco-tourism center.

The ceremony playing host in Bamenda on Thursday the 2^nd of February 2023 regrouped Journalists Of all class to while commemorating the day, map out or work out strategies to encourage community base media reporting for the restoration of all that concerns nature and the environment.

The focal points and the issues to be tackled on this special day was “On how Journalists in Cameroon should regroup themselves and commit to restore wetlands through media awareness reports and campaigns” while winning the souls of many journalists into the kingdom of earth journalism.

The ceremony had a four points agenda, a press briefing by the Executive Director of WORLD ECHOES MEDIA, dwelling on the importance and essence of the day, a power point presentation by the Executive officer of Famer Tantoh Foundation, a guided tour around the Eco-tourism center, certificate awards and entertainment.

Journalists moved by the initiative, have unanimously resolved to be ambassadors of the Restoration of wetland and joined the chorus of  “it is time to restore wetlands”.

What is World Wetlands Day?

World Wetlands Day is celebrated each year on 2 February to raise awareness about wetlands. This day also marks the anniversary of the Convention on Wetlands, which was adopted as an international treaty in 1971.

A United Nations International Day

On 30 August 2021 the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 75/317 that established 2 February as World Wetlands Day.

Why World Wetlands Day?

Nearly 90% of the world’s wetlands have been degraded since the 1700s, and we are losing wetlands three times faster than forests. Yet, wetlands are critically important ecosystems that contribute to biodiversity, climate mitigation and adaptation, freshwater availability, world economies and more.

It is urgent that we raise national and global awareness about wetlands in order to reverse their rapid loss and encourage actions to conserve and restore them.

World Wetlands Day is the ideal time to increase people’s understanding of these critically important ecosystems.

Going by the rhythm of our times, the long and short story is that WORLD ECHOES MEDIA GROUP and Farmer Tantoh Foundation plus auxiliaries caused and celebrated this special environment day in the history of mankind in grand style, placed under the distinguished patronage of the General Manager of UNVDA Ndop Adangfung Eric sponsored by UNVDA Ndop a reputable state cooperation that solely depends on wetlands to sustain quality and quantitative rice production in Cameroon.