World Echoes Media Group, unlocked Wetland!
Briefed Journalists on the danger of land reclamation, environmental pollution and water scarcity are contributing factors to climate change in our communities.
World Wetland day is celebrated every year on the 2nd of February, enacted by the United Nations organization and ratified by member nations around the world, to restore and to protect our wetlands against human habitats and urbanization. A day set aside for world awareness creation on wetlands restoration against climate change mitigation.
This event took place at the Farmer Tantoh Foundations echo village in Bamenda, in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.
In a joint press conference with the Farmer Tantoh Foundation, the world echoes media group, spoke on the theme “Answering Natures Call; It’s Time for Wetland Restoration” The media group, unveiled to Journalists present on the danger caused by humans on our wetlands through land reclamation, which are our source of water and its track a dumping site for urban waste is being damaged and destroyed day in and out for constructions and habitat purposes. This should be highly discouraged!
The media organization reiterated that our wetlands are dried up and reclaimed for farming during the dry season cultivation; water ways pollutions and burning of our raffia that contributes in the reservation of water in our various communities are disappearing, creating high climate change impact.
Happening at a time when our water ways have degraded into a dumping ground for refuse in out towns. This has contributed in narrowing the water flows and with the lack of water reservation reservoir in our urban towns has resulted in its scarcity to many households
Calling for new approach to journalism, the Famer Tantoh Foundation and the World Echoes Media Group, in a contemporary exposé drilled the media men and women on the need for green journalism and environmental reporting to wider community awareness creation on climate change effects and its impact of our communities. They noted that the journalist is the voice for the people, the environment, our culture to policy makers on the need to work to restore our wetlands and to respect our environment, the earth and its habitats. By Mify
