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The Trans-boundary Biosphere Reserve (TBR), a group formed by the United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has concluded plans to develop the vast forests in Cross River State into a world heritage site.
The programme director of Wildlife Conservative Society, Mr. Andrews Dunn, said at the meeting that that was part of the many resolutions arrived at over the week during their plenary meetings held in Yaounde, Cameroon.
“The TBR working group agreed that both Nigeria and Cameroon should place the proposed properties on the World Heritage Site’s tentative list by 1st February 2017. The focus should be on the biosphere reserve nomination process before completing the World Heritage Site nomination process,” he added.
The TBR group was formed to enhance collaboration between Nigeria and Cameroon for the conservation of shared ecosystems and cultural diversities to the benefit of local communities living on both sides of the border. Dunn pointed out that there should be clear engagement and commitment from both countries with respect to the World Heritage Site nomination process, property listings, name and zoning. He explained that they agreed on the necessity to facilitate an official agreement between Cameroon and Nigeria to support the TBR process and its management as required by UNESCO.
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