Implementing rigorous and sustainable environmental

The aim of this study is to provide a better understanding of the main environmental and social impacts of the Lom Pangar dam, both within its reservoir and downstream on the Sanaga river and its estuarine zone, i.e. a linear stretch of around 650 km.

This monitoring, carried out over 4 years, has enabled certain impacts to be identified and effective and sustainable management actions to be formulated. More specifically, the monitoring focused on changes in mangroves, threatened species in the estuarine zone, pelagic and benthic species, invasive species in the reservoir, river morphology, fishing and fishermen in the reservoir on the river, and sand mining activity. The results of this monitoring have made it possible to define actions that need to take place within a framework of concerted and integrated management at catchment scale.