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Local Communities Join Management of Manyange Na Elombo-CampoCEFR A1
3 Dec 2025
Adapted from Leocadia Bongben, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Lesly Derksen, Unsplash
Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
1 min
58 words
- The park covers 110,300 hectares of coastal waters in Cameroon.
- Ten villages live near the park.
- Many local people fish and work there.
- Communities now help manage the park.
- A guide was presented on June 28, 2024.
- A charter protects turtles and fish.
- Villagers may fish in 24,000 hectares.
- Illegal fishing still causes big problems for the park.
Difficult words
- hectares — a unit for area equal to 10,000 square meters
- coastal waters — the sea area near a country or land
- Communities — a group of people living in one place
- manage — to make decisions and control something
- charter — a written set of rules or agreement
- illegal — not allowed by law or rules
- protects — to keep safe from harm or danger
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Discussion questions
- Do you or your family fish?
- Have you seen turtles in nature?
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