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![\"Crater-Lake-Cameroon\"](\"https:\/\/cameroun.yearbook-media.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Crater-Lake-Cameroon-e1719500123337-r3cly7zxy1q7gk7eubtxk77mej3soo9qq4hky9imts.jpg\" "\\"Crater")
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\tWith the adoption and implementation of its National Development Strategy 2020-2030, Cameroon reiterates its commitment to\u00a0<\/span>of the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda and is firmly committed to a process of continuous improvement to achieve the SDGs.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t \t\t The government is sparing no effort to address all the challenges inherent in implementing the SDGs. In the environmental field, efforts have led to significant progress, although they are still insufficient: an increase in managed forest areas and protected areas and the integration of ecosystem and biodiversity protection into national development frameworks. Government initiatives must be supported by businesses, development partners, non-governmental organizations, and every citizen in order to fully implement an ambitious strategy towards a new model to strengthen the resilience of the economy and achieve economic, social, and environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n From the perspective of the conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development, ocean, marine, and coastal resources constitute an important and indispensable natural heritage for Cameroon. Indeed, located in the Gulf of Guinea, the country has a maritime area of 14,400 km2 and 414 km of coastline. In recent years, a significant volume of waste of different types has been managed in an ecological manner, with a view to reducing marine pollution which emanates partly from land-based activities. In addition, as part of promoting the conservation and restoration of marine and coastal ecosystems, the government carried out the production and transplantation of 100,000 mangrove seedlings in 2017, 21,000 in 2020 and 4,000 in 2021. Similarly, in the face of environmental dangers linked to ocean acidification as well as rising sea and ocean levels, Cameroon is striving to maintain major environmental balances, in particular through the control of Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) and other Invasive Alien Species which contribute to the eutrophication of aquatic environments. These results were reinforced on the regulatory level with Cameroon's accession to the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments; the signing of 3 decrees on PCB management and the approval by the Agency for Standards and Quality (ANOR) of a series of 35 environmental standards.<\/p> <\/p>\n <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t \t\t With regard to the preservation and restoration of terrestrial ecosystems, the government has set itself the objective of systematically taking into account environmental concerns and the protection of nature in public development policies. Thus, there has been a positive trend in the total area of managed forests, which increased from 6,263,838 hectares in 2018 to 6,530,489 hectares in 2020; the increase in protected areas with a development\/management plan from 6,415,856 hectares in 2018 to 6,461,273 hectares in 2020. The targets envisaged for the 2025 and 2030 horizons are respectively 6,682,360 hectares and 6,903,448 hectares and the increase in the total area of protected areas from 9,716,163 hectares in 2019 to 9,728,871 hectares in 2020, or 20,46% of the national territory. This was made possible thanks to a favorable institutional environment with, among other things, the creation by decree of January 7, 2020 of the Ma Mbed National Park in the Far North region.<\/span><\/p>\n The challenges to be addressed concern the identification and mobilization of opportunities for development aid resources dedicated to the implementation of the SDGs; the mobilization of resources from the national and international private sector, in particular through raising awareness in the private sector so that part of the resources allocated to corporate social responsibility is used for the implementation of the SDGs and a greater mobilization of resources from the public-private partnership for the establishment of structuring infrastructures and the continuation of the discussions initiated on the development of innovative financing mechanisms. Finally, the question of non-financial means arises in terms of challenge. This involves strengthening access to science, technology and innovation through North-South, South-South or triangular regional and international cooperation in these areas and improving knowledge sharing according to mutually agreed terms, in particular by better coordinating existing mechanisms.<\/p>\n