International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Research and Studies
Volume 3, Issue 1, 2023
Impact of Insecurity on the Conservation of Wildlife in the National Parc of Bouba Ndjidda and Eco-Touristic Frequentation
Author(s): Dieudonne GNAPOU, Daniel Toumba, Alain Loabe Pahimi, David Amedep, Bertrand Wang-Bara
Abstract:
It’s not easy to divide with exactly the impact (environmental, economic, social etc.) of armed conflict on sub-region of CEMAC (Chad, Cameroon and RCA) on conservation of natural resources and eco-touristic sponsorship (International and national) on the protection zone of natural diversity. Despite of, we have many crises deriving to the violence with environmental effects (annihilation of habitat, hunting, poaching and fishing) and with consequence providing to the decline of ecotourism. One of principal objectives of conservation of biodiversity is the preservation of natural resources and his eco-systemic components. Ecological system and the natural resources that exist as well constitute an attraction of eco-tourist. National Parc of Bouba Ndjidda is one of the biggest, but also more isolated was chosen because it’s received many international tourists. Adding, the location of this parc is situated on the three frontier zones where several insecurities of Boko haram, road cutter (Cameroon), Balaka (RCA) and movement providing to ethnic group of the North of country (Chad). Least than 300 elephants were killed in January 2012, considered most than third of the population of this parc (Kitio, 2019). Three list of structured questions were established for this work. The First (type A) was destined to personal of parc, second (type B) to villager inhabitant of Operational Technical Unit and the third (type C) to tourists. In total 317 list of questions were randomly administrated to personal answers (personal of parc and resident of village). These results were recovered and analyzed. Results of research on impact of insecurity on natural resources in the National parc of Bouba Ndjidda concern encroachment, the changes of status of some species. However, the effects of insecurity on international tourism are the disorganization of touristic activities, manifestation of fright of insecurity by the tourist. One of principle of neo conservation of parc is the use of non-consumer for the economic advantages (income sources of money via ecotourism). Armed conflict in the septentrional part and the two neighbour countries degraded natural resources. This conflict reduced ecotourist flux, whose general objective is a virgin natural environment in hazard zones due to insecurity. Fright due to kidnapping against ransom, attack and flight reduced touristic enthusiasm for the zone of North Cameroon. However, we have an important decrease of volume of income in term of money providing of ecotourism activities in country and consequently the benefit of ecotourism is destroyed in these zones. The vision of Cameroon to horizon 2030 as ecotourist zone must be not considered. At least that the government take solution for these situations that critical affect ecosystem of the nation. Good contribution attended of this sector (tourist) to PIB could be possible that on free atmosphere and sure.
Keywords: Insecurity, Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecotourism
Pages: 471-476
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