Les aires protégées et l'insécurité transfrontalière dans les régions septentrionales au Cameroun

In: Collection THESE/SYNTHESE, Vol. 3, No 8 - Mars 2023. Tome 1: Langues, Lettres, Littératures, Education, S. 11-26

Abstract

Contrary to the positive perception of protected areas constructed by political entities as mechanisms for protecting biodiversity put under pressure by the demographic growth of populations and their needs, they have gradually revealed themeselves as areas of turbulence where insecure dynamics proliferate, ie ecosystems that escape state regulation and impact the security of surrounding localities. Protected areas in northern regions of Cameroon have thus contributed to the sustainable dissemination of vectors of crime and others forms of security threats. The question is therefore to know in what way protected areas constitute a security threat and how has the state reacted to the situation in the northern regions of Cameroun? The hypothesis defended is to show that protected areas are islands of cross-border insecurity, hence the process of state security.