Africa Environment Outlook: Past, Present and Future PerspectivesThis first edition of the Africa Environment Outlook (AEO) report is a significant milestone in the collaboration between UNEP and the African Ministerial Conference on the Enviornment (AMCEN). Africa faces a number of critical challenges, including the deterioration of the environment; increasing social and economic inequality; and worldwide globalization, which is leaving Africa behind. The AEO is a unique tool. It provides an analysis of the state of the environment over the past 30 years, looks at the driving force behind environmental change, and reviews the consequences for social and economic development. It concludes with recommendations about the road that Africa should take to preserve its great natural riches, biodiversity and vast unspoiled landscapes. |
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CHAPTER | 3 |
The 1980s stagnation | 7 |
The 1990s2002towards revitalization | 13 |
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Action Plan activities African countries agricultural air pollution air quality Available biodiversity biological Cameroon cent Central Africa centres Chad climate change climate variability coastal and marine coastal zone commercial communities Congo conservation contribute Convention Côte d'Ivoire crop cultivation deforestation degradation desertification drought Eastern Africa economic ecosystems emissions Ethiopia example FAOSTAT fish fisheries flooding food security forests and woodlands freshwater Ghana global governments Guinea habitats human impacts implementation improve increased Indian Ocean Indian Ocean Islands industrial infrastructure IPCC irrigation issues Kenya Lake land livestock loss Madagascar mangroves Mauritius million monitoring Mozambique Nairobi natural resources Northern plants policies population growth poverty pressures production programmes protected areas rainfall reduced region result rural scenario sector Seychelles soil sources South Africa Southern Africa species strategies sub-region sustainable development Tanzania tourism Uganda UNCHS UNDP UNEP United Nations urban areas vulnerable waste Western Indian Ocean wetlands wildlife World Bank Zambia Zimbabwe