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 I
NTRODUCTI
ON
Camer
oonf
rom t
imei
mmemor
iali
soneoft
het
opcount
ri
esi
nAf
ri
cat
hati
sri
chl
yand
abundant
lybl
essedwi
thqual
i
tynat
uralr
esour
cesandenv
ironment
alr
esour
ces.Ov
er
t
hey
ear
s,Camer
oonhasbeenof
tenbeendescr
ibedasAf
ri
cai
nmi
niat
uregi
vent
hat
al
mostal
lthe cl
i
mat
e zones ofAf
ri
ca can be f
ound wi
thi
nthe Camer
ooni
an
env
ironment
.Camer
ooni
sconsi
der
edast
hesecondr
ichestcount
ryi
nAf
ri
cai
nfor
est
andbi
odi
ver
sit
yasi
tsenv
ironmenthasbeenr
ichl
ybl
essedwi
thsav
annahs,upl
and
f
orest
s,mount
ains,mangr
ovest
ropi
calf
orest
sandnat
uralr
esour
cesl
i
kecr
udeoi
l
,
mi
nesandmor
e.Despi
tet
her
ichnat
uralenv
ironmentoft
hecount
ry,t
her
ehasbeen
i
ncr
easi
ngt
hreat
sov
ert
hey
ear
stot
heconser
vat
ionoandpr
otect
ionoft
hecount
y’s
nat
ural
endowment
.

Camer
oonl
i
kemostAf
ri
cancount
ri
esi
nthepasty
ear
spai
dli
tt
leornoat
tent
iont
othe
pr
eser
vat
ionandpr
otect
ionofi
tsnat
uralandenv
ironment
alr
esour
ces.Thecount
ry’
s
i
nter
esti
nenv
ironment
ali
ssuesi
ngener
alandenv
ironment
alpr
otect
ioni
npar
ti
cul
ari
s
ofr
ecentor
igi
n.I
tsdev
elopmentef
for
tssi
ncei
ndependencehav
ecent
eredont
he
pr
omot
ionofexpor
tcr
opsandt
heexpl
oit
ati
onofnat
uralr
esour
cesi
nor
dert
oear
n
f
orei
gncur
rencyf
ort
hef
inanci
ngoft
henat
ion’
sdev
elopment
.Lesst
houghtwasgi
ven
t
othe expl
oit
ati
on ef
fect
s,and pr
ocedur
es oft
his env
ironment
.The economi
c
r
ecessi
onof1985i
sacl
earexampl
eoft
hel
ackofenv
ironment
algov
ernanceandl
ess
concer
nfort
hecount
ry’
senv
ironment
.Dur
ingt
her
ecessi
onof1985i
nCamer
oon,t
he
env
ironmentwasoneoft
hemaj
orv
ict
imsast
her
ecessi
onwast
heendofaper
iodof
r
api
dgr
owt
h.Duet
othef
alli
npr
icesofcommodi
ti
es,t
omeetupwi
tht
heev
er-
i
ncr
easi
ngdemand,f
ami
l
ysy
stem f
ort
hecul
ti
vat
ionofcr
opschangedt
omor
ecr
ude
and danger
ous f
armi
ng met
hods t
her
ebyexposi
ng t
he env
ironment(
land)t
o soi
l
degr
adat
ion.Thi
swasdonet
omeetupwi
tht
hei
ncr
easi
ngf
ooddemand.I
naddi
ti
on,
t
her
ewast
heexcessex
ploi
tat
ionoff
orestwi
thoutr
efor
est
ati
on,whi
chal
soex
posed
t
heenv
ironmentt
omor
edangerast
heeconomi
csi
tuat
ionwor
sened.

Toov
ercomet
hef
ail
ureofenv
ironment
algov
ernancei
nmostAf
ri
cancount
ri
esandt
he
wor
ldatl
argei
ncl
udi
ngCamer
oon,t
her
ewasaUni
tedNat
ions(
UN)conf
erenceont
he
env
ironmentanddev
elopmentwashel
din1992t
oenl
i
ght
enandemphasi
zet
heneedt
o
appl
yahol
i
sti
cappr
oacht
oenv
ironmentmanagement
.Fur
ther
mor
e,asummi
tknown
ast
heEar
thSummi
ttookpl
acesi
nRi
oDeJanei
ro,Br
azi
lin1992.Theai
m oft
heEar
th
summi
twast
ocr
eat
eanawar
enessonenv
ironment
alpr
eser
vat
ionandpr
otect
ionand
t
hisawar
enessser
vedasasol
uti
ont
othepov
ert
ycr
isesandenv
ironment
aldest
ruct
ion
f
acedbyt
henat
ion.

Fort
hepr
act
iceandi
mpl
ement
ati
onofenv
ironment
algov
er l
nance,awNo.94/
01of20
Januar
y1994t
olaydownf
orest
ry,wi
l
dli
feandf
isher
iesr
egul
atonsandl
i awNo.96/
12
of5August1996 r
elat
ingt
o Env
ironment
alManagement(
afr
amewor
klaw)wer
e
adopt
ed.Thef
ramewor
klaw out
li
nest
hegener
all
egalf
ramewor
kforenv
ironment
al
managementi
n Camer
oon.Thi
slaw i
sgr
ounded on t
he pr
inci
plesofpr
ecaut
ion,
pr
event
ion and cor
rect
ive act
ion,pol
l
ute and pay
sresponsi
bil
i
ty,par
ti
cipat
ion and
subsi
diar
it
y.I
tal
sopr
escr
ibesenv
ironment
ali
mpactassessmentf
oral
lpr
oject
sthat
canl
eadt
oenv
ironment
aldegr
adat
ioni
nCamer
oon.

Ev
erycount
ryi
sent
it
ledt
osomesoci
alpol
i
cies,r
egul
ati
ons,l
awsandr
ulet
omoni
tor
andgov
ernt
hesoci
alact
ivi
ti
esoft
hesoci
ety
.Camer
ooni
snotanexcept
iont
othe
abov
erul
esandr
egul
ati
on.Thecount
ry’
sconst
it
uti
onmakespr
ovi
sionf
orsuchpol
i
cies
t
obeenact
ed,
amendedandi
mpl
ement
ed.Thepr
ovi
sionsofsoci
all
awsorpol
i
ciescan
f
oundi
ntext
sli
ket
heCamer
oonPenal
CodeandCamer
oonLaborCode.

Asy
ear
spassby
,thesoci
all
awsar
eamendedt
osoot
hthechangest
imesandt
omeet
upwi
tht
hesoci
alr
esponsi
bil
i
tiesandr
equi
rement
scausedbyt
hei
ncr
easechangei
n
t
hesoci
all
i
fest
yleofci
ti
zensi
nacount
ry.Somet
radi
ti
onall
awsar
eabol
i
shedand
amendedt
oal
i
gnwi
tht
hef
astgr
owi
ngsoci
alst
atut
esofi
ndi
vi
dual
s,busi
nessesand
t
henat
ionasawhol
e.
 DEFI
NITI
ONS

Env
ironment
all
aw orenv
ironment
alnat
uralr
eosour
cesl
aw i
sacol
l
ect
iveaddr
esst
o
env
ironment
alpol
l
uti
on.Thati
sar
elat
edbutdi
sti
nctsetofr
egul
ator
yregi
mes,now
st
rongl
yinf
luencedbyenv
ironment
all
egalpr
inci
ples,f
ocusont
hemanagementof
speci
fi
cnat
uralr
esour
ces,suchasf
orest
s,mi
ner
als,orf
isher
iesi
sref
err
edt
oas
env
ironment
all
aws.Env
ironment
all
awi
sacol
l
ect
ionofl
aws,agr
eement
s,r
egul
ati
ons
and common l
aws t
hatgov
erns how humans i
nter
actwi
tht
hei
renv
ironment
.
Env
ironment
all
aws descr
ibes a net
wor
k ofr
egul
ati
ons and cust
omar
ylaws t
hat
addr
esst
heef
fect
sofhumanact
ivi
tyont
henat
uralenv
ironment
.Thel
awsar
eal
so
knownasenv
ironment
alandnat
uralr
esour
cel
awandi
tsmor
ecent
eredont
hei
deaof
env
ironment
alpol
l
uti
on.

Env
ironment
all
awsputi
npl
acel
awst
hatgov
ernsomear
easoft
hesoci
etyi
nor
dert
o
l
essent
hei
mpactoref
fectont
heenv
ironmentandi
tsi
nhabi
tant
s.Thesear
easi
ncl
ude;
ai
rqual
i
ty,
wat
erqual
i
ty,
wast
emanagement
,chemi
calsaf
ety
,andcont
ami
nantcl
eanup
andr
esour
cesust
ainabi
l
ity
.

Ther
ear
efi
vemaj
orcat
egor
iesofenv
ironment
all
awsi
nCamer
oon,andt
heyi
ncl
ude;
t
heCl
eanAi
rAct(
CAA)
,theCl
eanwat
erAct(CWA)
,theSaf
eDr
inki
ngWat
erAct
(
SDWA)
, Resour
ceConser
vat
ionandRecov
eryAct(
RCRA)andt
hecompr
ehensi
ve
Env
ironment
alResponse,
Compensat
ionandl
i
abi
l
ityAct/Super
fundAmendment
sand
r
eaut
hor
izat
ionAct(
CERCLA/
SARA)
.Bel
owi
sabr
iefexpl
anat
ionoft
hel
aws;

Soci
all
awsar
easetofr
egul
ati
onst
hatsol
veconf
li
cts.Soci
all
aw orsoci
alpol
i
cy
consi
sts ofgui
del
i
nes,pr
inci
ples,l
egi
slat
ion and act
ivi
ti
es t
hataf
fectt
he l
i
ving
condi
ti
onsconduci
vet
ohumanwel
far
e,suchasaper
son’
squal
i
tyofl
i
fe. soci
all
aws
r
efer
sto anyl
aw,r
ule,orr
egul
ati
on(i
ncl
usi
veofi
nter
nat
ionalt
reat
yobl
i
gat
ions)
appl
i
cabl
einanyj
uri
sdi
cti
onconcer
ningLabor
,soci
alsecur
it
y,r
egul
ati
onofi
ndust
ri
al
r
elat
ions(bet
weengov
ernment
,empl
oyer
sandempl
oyees)
,pr
otect
ionofoccupat
ional
,
publ
i
c,heal
thandsaf
ety
,regul
ati
onofpubl
i
cpar
ti
cipat
ion,pr
otect
ionandr
egul
ati
onof
owner
shi
p ofl
and r
ight
s (bot
hfor
maland t
radi
ti
onal
);i
mmov
abl
e goods and
i
ntel
l
ect
ualandcul
tur
alpr
oper
tyr
ight
s,andot
herl
awsandr
egul
ati
onspr
ovi
dingf
ort
he
pr
otect
ion ofempl
oyees and ci
ti
zens.Soci
all
aw r
efer
sto anyappl
i
cabl
elaw or
r
egul
ati
on,conv
ent
ionort
reat
yinanyj
uri
sdi
cti
oni
nwhi
chanyobl
i
gorormanager
conduct
s

I
MPORTANCEOFSOCI RONMENTALL
ALANDENVI AWSI
NCAMEROON

Env
ironment
all
awsseekst
o pr
otecthumans,ani
mal
s,r
esour
ces,and
habi
tat
s.A soci
etywi
th no env
ironment
all
aw has no r
egul
ati
ons on
pol
l
uti
on,cont
ami
nat
ion,hunt
ing,and ev
en r
esponse t
o di
sast
ers.
Env
ironment
all
awwor
kst
opr
otectl
and,wat
er,soi
l
,andai
r.Av
iol
ati
onof
suchl
awsat
tract
spenal
ti
esandl
egal
puni
shment

Thepur
poseofenv
ironment
all
awi
stopr
otectt
heenv
ironmentandcr
eat
e
r
ulesonhowpeopl
ecanusenat
uralr
esour
ces.I
tisal
sousedt
odet
ermi
ne
whocanusenat
ural
resour
cesandt
ermsofusage.

Themai
nfunct
ionofenv
ironment
all
awi
stopr
otecthumanheal
thaswel
l
ast
heenv
ironmentbyensur
ingt
hatt
hepr
act
icesusedi
ntheenv
ironment
donotcausehar
mtot
heenv
ironmentandt
othei
nhabi
tant
s.

Env
ironment
aleasest
hemanagementofwast
ebyi
ndi
vi
dual
s,f
ir
msand
t
hegov
ernmentofasoci
ety
.Asconcer
nst
hev
astwast
emanagement
pr
obl
em f
aced byt
he wor
ld,env
ironmentl
aws pr
ovi
des ef
fi
ci
entand
env
ironment
al t
ool
s f
or wast
e management t
her
eby easi
ng t
he
managementoft
he env
ironment
.Env
ironment
all
aw ensur
es t
hatt
he
pr
ocessofwast
emanagementdoesnoti
nter
fer
ewi
tht
hehumanheal
thor
t
hequal
i
tyoft
henat
ural
resour
cef
oundi
nanenv
ironment

Env
ironment
all
awsensur
est
hati
ndust
ri
esmeetal
lthel
egalobl
i
gat
ions
t
hatar
erequi
redt
orunt
hem andal
soensur
est
hatt
hesei
ndust
ri
escompl
y
wi
thev
eryl
awt
hatr
elat
est
othepr
otect
ionoft
heenv
ironment
.

Soci
all
awser
vesasanor
m ofconductf
orci
ti
zens.I
tmakespr
ovi
si
onf
or
pr
oper gui
del
i
ne and or
der upon t
he behav
ior of al
lci
ti
zens and
sust
ainabi
l
ityoft
henat
ion’
sdev
elopment
.Soci
all
awi
simpor
tanti
nthati
t
act
sasagui
del
i
nef
orl
i
vingandmi
ngl
i
ngi
napar
ti
cul
arsoci
ety
.The
absence ofsoci
all
aws l
eads t
o conf
li
cts.Soci
all
aws f
aci
l
itat
es t
he
set
tl
ementofdi
sput
esandconf
li
ct.

CHALLENGESOFENFORCI
NG ENVI
RONMENTALAND SOCI
ALLAWSI
N
CAMEROON

Camer
oonl
i
keev
eryot
hercount
rymakesandamendsl
aws.Thesel
aws
ar
emadet
obei
mpl
ant
edandr
espect
edbyal
l
.Butt
her
ear
echal
l
enges
f
acedi
nthei
mpl
ement
ati
onoft
hesel
aws.Env
ironment
alandsoci
all
aws
ar
enodi
ff
erentf
rom ot
herl
awst
hatar
esomet
imedi
ff
icul
ttoqui
ckl
yand
smoot
hly i
mpl
ement
ed. Some of t
he chal
l
enges f
aced i
n t
he
i
mpl
ement
ati
onofsoci
alandenv
ironment
all
aws:

Lengt
hyandel
abor
atel
egalr
equi
rement
sfort
heenact
ment
,amendment
andi
mpl
ement
ati
onofl
aws.Thesy
stem ofCamer
oonmostespeci
alyt
he
l
egalsy
stem ofCamer
ooni
stooel
abor
ateandhasal
otofr
equi
rementf
or
abi
l
ltobepassed,
del
i
ber
ateduponandadopt
ed.

The i
nabi
l
ity ofhav
ing access t
olaws f
ori
nfor
mat
ion and a cl
ear
knowl
edge and under
standi
ng oft
he l
aw i
s al
so a hi
ndr
ance t
oit
s
i
mpl
ement
ati
onst
rat
egi
es.Ther
ear
edi
ff
icul
ti
esget
ti
ngaccesst
olaws
madei
nCamer
oonasar
esul
t,mostci
ti
zenst
endt
obei
gnor
antt
her
eby
maki
ngi
mpl
ement
ati
onmor
edi
ff
icul
t.

Di
ff
icul
ti
esi
nunder
standi
ngt
hel
awsi
sal
soachal
l
enge,whi
chsl
owsi
ts
enf
orcementgi
vent
hatt
hel
awmi
ghtbet
oocumber
someandcompl
ext
o
under
stand.

EVALUATI
ONS

Law No.96/
12of5august1996r
elat
ingt
oenv
ironment
almanagement
set
sthebasef
orabet
terunder
standi
ngoft
heenv
ironment
algov
ernance
sy
stem oft
heCamer
ooni
anenv
ironmentaswel
last
heCamer
oonl
abor
codeandpenalcodemakespr
ovi
sionsofr
egul
ati
onsgov
erni
ngt
hesoci
al
act
ivi
ti
esofCamer
oonbel
l
ow t
heev
aluat
ionoft
he1996env
ironment
al
managementl
aw.

Thel
aw i
sdi
vi
dedi
ntwel
vepar
tssubdi
vi
dedi
ntochapt
ersandsect
ions
t
hatmakespr
ovi
sionsonal
laspect
sofenv
ironment
almanagementt
hat
i
ncl
udes;

Gener
alpr
ovi
sions made up ofdef
ini
ti
on oft
erms r
elat
ing t
othe
env
ironmentandenv
ironment
almanagement
.Thel
awdef
inesbasi
cter
ms
andwor
dsr
elat
ingt
heenv
ironment
.Ter
msl
i
keai
r,env
ironment
,wast
e,
sust
ainabl
edev
elopment
,ecol
ogy
,ecosy
stem,apl
ant
,nui
sance,pol
l
utant
and pol
l
uter and pol
l
uti
on ar
e cl
ear
ly def
ined i
n ar
ti
cl
e 4 of t
he
env
ironment
almanagementcodeof1996.Ot
herwor
dsl
i
keenv
ironment
al
audi
ti
ng,wast
edi
sposal
,humanset
tl
ementandwast
emanagementar
e
al
soexpl
ainedi
nar
ti
cle4.Ther
eisal
sopr
ovi
si
onsongener
alobl
i
gat
ions
ofi
nst
it
uti
onsandt
heci
ti
zenssomeoft
hesepr
ovi
si
onsar
efoundi
nar
ti
cl
e
6,
7and 8.Ar
ti
cle6 oft
heenv
ironment
almanagementl
aw st
atest
hat
ent
it
ies,
organi
zat
ionspubl
i
c,andpr
ivat
ehav
easobl
i
gat
iont
osensi
ti
zet
he
popul
ati
ononenv
ironment
alpr
obl
ems.I
naddi
ti
on,t
hesei
nst
it
uti
onsmust
i
ncl
udepr
ogr
amsi
nthei
ract
ivi
ti
est
opr
ovi
debet
terknowl
edgeoft
he
env
ironment
.Ev
eryci
ti
zenhast
her
ightt
obei
nfor
medofanynegat
ive
ef
fect
sofhar
mfulact
ivi
ti
esonman,
heal
thandt
heenv
ironment
,asweeas
ont
hemeasur
est
akent
opr
eventorcompensat
efort
heseef
fect
s.

Acr
it
icalr
evi
ewoft
hissect
ionoft
hel
awemphasi
zi
ngonsensi
ti
zat
ionhas
beenputi
ntoact
ioni
nthepasty
ear
sal
thoughsomei
nst
it
uti
onsst
il
lfai
lto
compl
ywi
tht
hisl
aw.Howev
er,ani
ncr
easedawar
enessi
scr
eat
edi
nthe
nat
ion’
s t
err
it
ory l
i
ke t
he pr
eser
vat
ion of some wi
l
dli
fe speci
es,
r
efor
est
ati
ondecr
eesandwast
emanagement
.

Thegener
alpr
ovi
sionsl
aysdownt
hef
undament
alpr
inci
plesal
lfoundi
n
ar
ti
cle9andt
hesepr
inci
plesi
ncl
ude;pr
inci
pleofpr
ecaut
ion,t
hepr
inci
ple
ofpr
event
ive act
ion and cor
rect
ion,t
he pol
l
ute and paypr
inci
ple,t
he
pr
inci
pleofl
i
abi
l
ity,t
hepr
inci
pleofpar
ti
ci
pat
ionand t
hepr
inci
pleof
subst
it
uti
on.The abov
e pr
inci
ples ar
e cl
ear
lyand wel
ldef
ined i
nthe
subsequentpar
tsoft
hel
aw.

Ot
herpar
tsoft
hel
awhandl
essubj
ect
sli
ke;pr
epar
ati
on,coor
dinat
ionand
f
inanci
ng ofenv
ironment
alpol
i
cies,env
ironment
almanagement(
whi
ch
i
ncl
udes;nat
ionalenv
ironment
almanagement
,env
ironment
ali
mpact
assessment
, env
ironment
al pr
otect
ion, cl
assi
fi
cat
ion of danger
ous,
unhy
gieni
candpol
l
uti
ngact
ivi
ti
es)
,nat
uralr
esour
cesmanagementand
bi
odi
ver
sit
y conser
vat
ion,i
mpl
ement
ati
on and f
oll
ow-
up ofpr
ogr
ams,
l
i
abi
l
ityandsanct
ionsandf
inal
prov
isi
ons.

Despi
tet
hepr
ovi
sionsofal
lthesel
awsonenv
ironment
almanagement
,the
l
aborcode,and ot
hersoci
all
aws,t
he env
ironmentofCamer
oon st
il
l
suf
fer
s a gr
eatdealexcess expl
oit
ati
on and some i
ndust
ri
es expl
oit
wi
thoutr
egar
dst
othel
awssur
roundi
ngt
heexpl
oit
ati
onpr
ocedur
esand
pr
ocessesoft
hesenat
uralr
esour
ces.I
naddi
ti
on,somei
nst
it
uti
onsar
e
mor
efocusedonget
ti
ngnat
uralr
esour
cest
omeet
upwi
tht
hei
rmar
ket
demandnotmi
ndi
ngt
heef
fectoft
hei
rext
ract
ionmet
hodoref
fectof
excessext
ract
iont
othei
nhabi
tantar
oundt
henat
ural
resour
ce.

Duet
olackofknowl
edgeonenv
ironment
almanagementbymostper
son,
i
nst
it
uti
onssomet
imespl
ayov
ert
hei
ntel
l
igenceoft
hei
nhabi
tant
swho
r
esi
dear
oundasour
ceofnat
uralr
esour
cewhi
chi
shar
mfult
oman,t
he
env
ironmentandt
oman’
sheal
th.Li
tt
leornocompensat
ionsar
emadef
or
damagescausedbynegat
iveef
fect
sfr
om expl
oit
ati
ont
otheenv
ironment
andev
enper
sons.

Ther
eisl
ackofapr
operf
oll
ow upsy
stem ont
heconser
vat
ionofsome
nat
uralr
esour
cesandsoci
alact
ivi
ti
es.Becausepeopl
ehav
eli
tt
leorno
knowl
edgeoft
hel
awori
nfor
mat
ionont
hepr
eser
vat
ionandconser
vat
ion
oft
heser
esour
ces,t
heenv
ironmentt
endt
obeatr
iskasi
ndi
genesofan
ar
eawi
l
lmakeexcessuseofsuchr
esour
ceunawar
eoft
hedamaget
hey
ar
ecausi
ngt
othei
renv
ironmentandt
othemsel
ves.
 CONCLUSI
ON

Ti
mesar
echangi
ngsoar
eact
ivi
ti
esandl
i
vingst
andar
dschangi
ngt
oo.
Ther
efor
e,l
awsar
eto bechangi
ng oramended t
o meetup wi
tht
he
changi
ngt
imes.Forenv
ironment
almanagementandsoci
almanagement
t
o be mor
e ef
fect
ive so as t
ofaci
l
itat
e sust
ainabl
e dev
elopmentand
gr
owt
h.To achi
eveagood soci
alsy
stem and excel
l
entenv
ironment
al
gov
ernance,
wer
ecommendt
hef
oll
owi
ng;

1.Pr
ovi
sion ofsi
mpl
e and l
ess compl
ex l
aws t
hatcan be easi
l
y
under
stoodbyal
l

2.Ther
e shoul
d be an easyaccess t
oinf
ormat
ion concer
ning t
he
env
ironmentandsoci
alact
ivi
ti
esoft
hecount
ry

3.Due t
o changi
ng t
imes,l
aws shoul
d be amended t
oref
lectt
he
pr
esentsi
tuat
ionandact
ivi
ti
es.

4.Thef
oll
ow-
upsy
stem shoul
dber
evi
ewedt
opr
operpr
eser
vesome
r
esour
cest
hatar
ehi
ghl
ydemandedbymosti
nst
it
uti
ons.

5.Expl
oit
ati
onpr
ocedur
esandr
equi
rement
sshoul
dbecl
ear
lyspel
l
ed
outf
oror
gani
zat
ionsconcer
ned.

6.Sensi
ti
zat
ionpr
ogr
amsshoul
dbecar
ri
edoutmor
eint
her
uralar
eas
socr
eat
eabet
terawar
enesst
othei
nhabi
tant
sint
hosear
eas.

Wi
thchangest
hatadaptt
oachangi
ngsoci
ety
,soci
alandenv
ironment
l
awswi
l
lgo al
ong t
o pr
eser
veman’
sheal
thand wel
l
bei
ng and t
he
wel
l
bei
ng ofhi
senv
ironmentf
orbet
tersust
ainabl
edev
elopmentof
Camer
oon
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oenv
ironment
al
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oon

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ial
readi
ngsonenv
ironment
all
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ironment
all
awand
pol
i
cyi
nCamer
oont
owar
dsmaki
ngAf
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fe,
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adAdenauerSt
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l
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ironment
all
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tps:
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