Environment minister unveils plan to salvage 12 million hectares of degraded land

By DOH JAMES SONKEY IN YAOUNDE The Minister of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development, Hele Pierre has disclosed an emergency plan to tackle some 12 million hectares of degraded lands in the country. He was speaking last June 19, 2017 at the Yaoundé Hilton Hotel as Cameroon commemorated the 23rd edition of World Day to Combat Desertification under the theme “Our Land, Our Home, Our Future.” Explaining the emergency plan, Minister Hele Pierre said “We have in studies classified lands according to highly degraded, degraded and less degraded zones. As a matter of emergency, we shall focus on…