Lake Chad replenishment project as late as 2005. The members of the Lake Chad Basin International Commission are Chad, the Central African Republic, Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger. Concerned by shrinkage of the lake's area from in 1972 to in 2002, they met in January 2002 to discuss the project. Both the ADB and the Islamic Development Bank expressed interest in the project. However, the member states of the Congo-Ubangi-Sangha Basin International Commission, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Brazzaville and the Central African Republic expressed concern that the project would reduce the energy potential of the Inga hydroelectric dam, would affect navigation on the Ubangi and Congo rivers and
Wildlife of Cameroon Boumba–Bek, the Boumba Bek National Park covering , and the Lobéké National Park covering (integrated with the Trinational Park of Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and the Republic of Congo and linked with an Eco-corridor to Boumba–Bek Reserve; the Campo Ma'an National Park of , which borders with the Rio de Campo of Equatorial Guinea; and the Savanna Zone comprising the Waza National Park of near Chad border, Faro National Park of area with common boundary with Nigeria, and the Kalamaloué National Park of on the Chad border. Cameroon's first protected area in the northern part of the country was