Cross River-Korup Takamanda (CRIKOT) National Parks lies between the Cross River in South - Eastern Nigeria and the Sanaga River in Western Cameroon. The area stands out biogeographically because it is a stronghold of remarkable specie richness centred on the ‘Cameroon Highlands’, a discontinuous chain of mountains, plateaux and other uplands of volcanic origin that cover about 14,000 sq km in total, through which the Nigeria-Cameroon border runs in a north-east to south-west directions.
The highly complex landforms of the area include various lowland ecosystems such as coastal mangrove swamps with savannah woodland further inland. These woodlands intrude and grade into forests on rising lands, including some of the highest-stature and most species-rich tropical rain forests on Earth.
The proposed CRIKOT World Heritage Site (WHS) to be listed as a serial transnational property incorporates:
In Nigeria:
Oban cluster: Oban Division of Cross River National Park (CRNP) and Ekuri Community Forest
Okwangwo cluster: Okwangwo Division of CRNP, Mbe Mountains Community Wildlife Sanctuary and Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary
In Cameroon:
Korup cluster: Korup National Park and Ejagham Council Forest Reserve
Takamanda-Mone cluster: Takamanda National Parkand Mone River Forest Reserve
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Cameroon - La Grande Case dans la Chefferie traditionnelle des Grassfields
La Grande Case dans la Chefferie traditionnelle des Grassfields (02/02/2018)
Cameroon - Bimbia et ses sites associés
The Cameroonian coast was of major strategic importance due to its geographical location halfway between two major trading centers: the Senegalese coast and the Angolan coast; it played a role of transit and supply for long-distance travelers; it provided security and discretion, throughout the Wouri estuary, for this highly competitive traffic that was subsequently detrimental to the dignity and freedom of human beings as soon as abolition was proclaimed. The traffic circuits and the exchange methods inherited from the previous period remained in force for a long time. Commercial operations were carried out from the main trading points around which villages were formed, living off the ancillary activities of the slave trade. Despite the gradual reduction of slavery practices underground, the trafficking routes were almost the same as those usually used for trade and the market networks that linked the various chiefdoms.
Cameroon - Boumba Bek National Park and Nki National Park Complex
Boumba Bek and Nki are two contiguous national parks created by decrees of the Prime Minister of 6 October 2005. They cover an area of 547,617 ha, respectively 309,362 ha for Nki and 238,255 ha for Boumba Bek. Associated, these national parks constitute the largest protected area of Cameroon. The climate of the region is of the equatorial type characterized by an alternation 4 seasons, including two rainy seasons and two dry seasons. The rainfall is about 1,500 mm / year. Monthly average temperatures range from 23.1 ° C to 25 ° C, with an annual average of 24 ° C. The relative humidity of the air varies from 60 to 90%. It is recognized that these parks are located on the northwestern side of the Congolese basin, characterized by typical Precambrian to Cambrian metamorphic formations of the Lower Dja series.
Cameroon - Waza National Park
Created by decree of 05 December 1968 the Waza National Park (PNW) is located in the Logone Department and Chari, Far North Province. It covers an area of 170 000 ha. It is characterized by the Sudano-Sahelian, semi-arid and tropical climate with a rainy season and a dry season. The rainy season runs from June to October while the dry season goes from November to May. Rainfall is irregular with an annual average of 600 mm. There are no permanent watercourses draining the park, only artificial pools of water serve as watering points for the animals. The temperature varies between 15 and 48C. Two main types of soils dominate the park; sandy soils and clay soils. With an overall elevation varying between 300 and 340 m, the PNW is also characterized by two types of vegetation: - vegetation of the floodplain (yeasts) dominated by grasses such as: Hyparrhenia rufa, Sorghum arundinaceum, Echinochloa pyramidalis , Penisetum ramosum, Vetiveria nigritana and Oriza longistaminata. - so-called forest vegetation dominated by four types of savannas: • Combretaceous savannah on ferruginous soils • Savannah in Anogeissus on leached soils • Shrub savanna in Lannea humilis on planosols • Shrub savanna with Acacia seyal on vertisols On the faunal plan, there are 379 species birds including the ostrich and 30 species of mammals, including giraffe, hyena, cobs, leopard, elephant, etc. The PNW receives more than 20,000 waterbirds each year. Finally, the park has a development plan that provides planning for the activities to be carried out.
Cameroon - Campo Ma'an National Park
Located near the Atlantic Ocean, the Campo Ma'an National Park (264,064 ha) is created by decree n ° 2000/004 / PM of January 06, 2000. It is on a large landscape dominated by two main types of reliefs: the northern part covered by mountains and some plateaus and the southern part covered with hills and small valleys. The overall altitude is less than 200m. The park belongs to the evergreen Guineo-Congolese rain forest, which keeps its green all year round. About fifteen plant associations are represented. We cite :
1. Biaferean Atlantic forests with Caesalpiniaceae
2. Biaferean Atlantic Caesalpiniaceae forests still abundant, with Calpocalyx
heitzii and sacoglottis gabonensis
3. Atlantic littoral forests with Caesalpiniaceae relatively rare, with Calpocalyx
heitzii and sacoglottis gabonensis
4. Mixed forests, always Atlantic green and semi-deciduous, with predominance
elements of forests always green Atlantic
5. Sub-montane forests
6. Degraded forests
7. Swampy and periodically flooded forests
Cameroon - The falls of the Lobe
Lobé is a coastal river that has its source in the Ntem massif in the center of Campo Ma'an National Park. The falls of Lobe are located 310 km from Yaounde taking the road Yaoundé Edéa Kribi Campo. The Lobe is characterized by a set of small arms that progress in a series of small waterfalls over a distance of 1 km before jumping directly into the ocean in several falls, the highest measuring nearly 15 m. These falls are located 8 km south of Kribi towards Campo. It is a phenomenon unique in the world to see a line of waterfalls that extends over nearly 100 m wide and plummets in the Atlantic Ocean.
The Lobe crosses several communities that live in close relationship with the water, whether the river or the sea. Therefore, there is upstream, the Bulus and the Pygmies, downstream the Mabis found until at the bridge over the Lobe, and finally the Batangas at the mouth and on the coast.
Cameroon - The Lamidat of Rey-Bouba
The Palais de Rey-Bouba, a major witness to the history of the Lamidat of the same name, is a place of memory and identity still alive. It was built during the reign of NDJIDDA (1798-1866) between 1805 and 1808. It is located in the heart of the city of Rey-Bouba. The Palace has an area of approximately 5 hectares. It is surrounded by a high wall of about 7 meters, with a central entrance in the south facade. The interior of the Palace includes courtyards, vegetable gardens and several neighborhoods. The neighborhoods of Lamido, crafts, servants, administrative staff, distinguished guests, livestock, food storage, housing). On the structural level the palace consists of a great wall 800 meters long and 7 meters high with a thickness of 1.50 m at the base and 0.5 m at the top. Walls separating the different courtyards, different neighborhoods. The great wall of enclosure has 6 doors that have particular functions of access and exit of the palace
Cameroon - The Diy-Gid-Biy of Mount Mandara
The name Diy gid Biy from which the acronym DGB originates is the name given by the MAFA to the dry stone monuments of the region meaning "Eye of the Chief at the Top" DG131 is one of the most impressive of the 16 sites of dry stone architecture found in the Department of Mayo Tsanaga.
The villagers refer to DGBl "the male" and by the same metaphor refer to DGB2 "the female" located 30 meters on the other side of the valley. The site is at the top of a plateau oriented North / South. The dry stone walls have circular and semi-circular shapes surmounted by a platform. The studies undertaken on the site show that the walls and the compartments were built in several stages or successive phases according to the needs of the owners. The construction model varies from one site to another. The characteristic of DGB sites is the use of dry stones as building materials for facing walls or rubble for filling platforms or terraces
Cameroon - The Rupestrian Engravings of Bidzar
The village of BIDZAR (or BITZAR) is located on the Maroua-Garoua road, mainly inhabited by Guidar, with some Moundang families and rare Guiziga. There is a marble field to the west of the road, and the junction of the road to Guider divides it into two parts. In the region, there are about 130 Km2 of marble outcrop (Cipolin) whose plans were perfect for engraving. The slabs with engravings seem to be limited to around the village of BIDZAR 2.5 km from north to south and 1 km from east to west; the engravings are distributed without any apparent link on the marble slabs. All have geometric characters, and may in some cases be schematic representations. The recurrence of engraved patterns similar and not comparable to traces of erosions, besides the marble fields outside BIDZAR, as likely to be eroded or engraved as those recognized in BIDZAR, but devoid of any petroglyph indicating human character of the engravings and not "natural drawings". The materials on which the engravings of BIDZAR were made are a limestone marble (cipolin) traversed by chloritoschist veins which change in places its normally whitish color which became greenish-green, pinkish-pink, yellow-yellowish or bluish. Its resistance to friction is quite low and the rock breaks easily.
Cameroon - Megalithic Saa
Located 15 km from the town of Ngambé, the megaliths of Saa belong to the LIMBUM community. There are two groups of megaliths located in an epicenter of 3 and 4 km from the village of Saa. The first group is located in Saa-Mbura and covers an area of one kilometer squared. The second group is in Saa-Machub. They are erect stones arranged either in a circle or a square and sometimes aligned. As an associated element, there are circular platforms, monoliths and grinding wheels. Despite the unavailability of exact dating of reconciliations with known and endowed sites such as the tazunu northwest of CAR can allow us to assume that said sites date from a period prior to the Christian era.
Cameroon - Archaeological Site of Shum Laka
Located at 15 KM as the crow flies from the city of Bamenda, this large rock shelter of 1200 m2 is located at an altitude of 1500 m on a mountain which has 1969. the Grassfield area between Benue and cross River up to the forest with Nigeria is recognized as the original strain of the Bantu languages. There are lithic industries, remains of fauna and flora, and ceramics. The site seems to be in place, that is, it has not been disturbed. All the found fragments represent typical species of a forest environment whereas today it is a medium of savannah. The man lived on this site 32,000 years ago; 18 skeletons from 3 to 8,000 years BP were found there. It is the only site in Central Africa where we see the evolution of the man from the age of the pirre to the age of metals. There are ancient funerary practices, such as bodies buried back to back and in a contracted position. Preservation of all materials is assured. The site belongs to the MBU-BAFORCHU community. The site has been the subject of the national inventory of cultural heritage. this site being a sacred place for the local population, its protection is assured. This site is unique because in archeology, no site is strictly similar to another.
Cameroon - The chieftaincy of Bafut
Located 22 km from Bamenda, on the WUM road in the Department of MEZAM, the BAFUT Chiefdom is a group consisting of a Palace, a sacred forest adjoining the residence of the Chief Superior, a residence of the hosts overlooking the Chefferie, places of worship, two women's quarters, lodges of secret societies, all constituting about fifty buildings. Most of these houses are built of terracotta bricks with tiled roofs. At the center of the Ensemble is the Achum, the most important element from an architectural and religious point of view. It is intended for ancestor worship and was rebuilt around 1910, after its destruction by the Germans in 1907. It is one of the oldest traditional architectural works in Cameroon today. The sanctuary is made of local materials: bamboo and a conical straw roof supported by carved wooden pillars, making this structure a masterpiece of human creative genius. In addition, the sacred forest is full of medicinal species and woody species that have disappeared into the surrounding biosphere. The Bafut people, the builder of this heritage, knows a heroic warlike past as evidenced by many war trophies kept in this palace. Local habits and customs allow permanent protection of this site, which has also been the subject of an inventory of the National Cultural Heritage.
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