Contribution of Cameroon: An outlook of Cameroon's coastal zone

Abstract

Like all coastal zones, the cameroonian coast is a complex and diversified environment, controlled by atmospherice, marine and terrestrial phenomena. This diversity is a result of natural changes, human activities, and even the diversity of resources. Coastal zone falls among the most productive ecosystems in the biosphere; they possess specific attributes from which socio-economic development can either benefit, or suffer. Thus their harmfulness is a commensurate with their potentials. In effect, these zones are often subjected to chaotic, and even destructive exploitation wich tends generally to off set the ecological equilibria.