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West Central Africa : Building Ownership for Environmentally Sustainable Development
dc.contributor.author | Swayze, T. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-13T09:57:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-08-13T09:57:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1996-12 | |
dc.description.abstract | Within the sub-region of West Central Africa (Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, and Togo) several countries have completed National Environmental Action Plans (NEAPs). Some are implementing environmental support programs based on these plans, as well as more site-specific natural resource management, urban environmental management, and biodiversity conservation projects. The report notes some success stories. It concludes, however, that high population growth and rapid urbanization, high poverty levels and the direct dependency of most poor families on natural resources for subsistence, low levels of environmental awareness at all levels of society, market and policy failures, and institutional weaknesses, all point to the need for redoubling and redirecting environmental efforts. These factors underlie the sub-region's priority problems as identified in national planning exercises: (i) land degradation; (ii) deforestation and loss of biodiversity; (iii) water availability and quality; (iv) urban environmental degradation; and (v) coastal resource degradation. Without action, these problems will increasingly constrain the options for sustainable development. The strategy makes it clear that the next major phase towards Environmentally Sustainable Development (ESD) is to mainstream environmental issues into national development planning in all sectors and at all levels of society. | en |
dc.identifier | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1996/12/12850535/west-central-africa-building-ownership-environmentally-sustainable-development | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9947 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | World Bank, Washington, DC | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 76 | |
dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
dc.rights.holder | World Bank | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ | |
dc.subject | BEST PRACTICES | |
dc.subject | BIODIVERSITY | |
dc.subject | BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION | |
dc.subject | BUDGET PROCESS | |
dc.subject | CAPACITY BUILDING | |
dc.subject | COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT | |
dc.subject | COLLABORATION | |
dc.subject | COMMON ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS | |
dc.subject | CONSERVATION | |
dc.subject | CONSERVATION PROJECTS | |
dc.subject | DEFORESTATION | |
dc.subject | ECOSYSTEM | |
dc.subject | ECOSYSTEMS | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLANS | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL PLANS | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | |
dc.subject | ESD | |
dc.subject | GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT | |
dc.subject | GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY | |
dc.subject | GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | |
dc.subject | LAND DEGRADATION | |
dc.subject | LOCAL CAPACITY | |
dc.subject | LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY | |
dc.subject | NATIONAL CAPACITY | |
dc.subject | NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | |
dc.subject | NATIONAL LEVEL | |
dc.subject | NATIONAL PLANNING | |
dc.subject | NATURAL RESOURCE | |
dc.subject | NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | |
dc.subject | NATURAL RESOURCES | |
dc.subject | NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT | |
dc.subject | NEAP | |
dc.subject | POPULATION GROWTH | |
dc.subject | POVERTY LEVELS | |
dc.subject | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | |
dc.subject | STAKEHOLDER | |
dc.subject | STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION | |
dc.subject | STAKEHOLDERS | |
dc.subject | SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | |
dc.title | West Central Africa : Building Ownership for Environmentally Sustainable Development | en |
dc.title.alternative | Pour un developpement ecologiquement viable en Afrique du Centre-Ouest | en |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
okr.date.disclosure | 2010-10-11 | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research :: Brief | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research | |
okr.docurl | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1996/12/12850535/west-central-africa-building-ownership-environmentally-sustainable-development | |
okr.globalpractice | Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience | |
okr.globalpractice | Governance | |
okr.globalpractice | Environment and Natural Resources | |
okr.globalpractice | Energy and Extractives | |
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum | 000333038_20101011013013 | |
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum | 12850535 | |
okr.identifier.report | 57047 | |
okr.language.supported | en | |
okr.pdfurl | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2010/10/11/000333038_20101011013013/Rendered/PDF/570470BRI0Find10Box353745B01PUBLIC1.pdf | en |
okr.region.administrative | Africa | |
okr.topic | Social Development :: Social Accountability | |
okr.topic | Environment :: Environmental Governance | |
okr.topic | Environment :: Environmental Management | |
okr.topic | Energy :: Energy and Environment | |
okr.topic | Environmental Economics and Policies | |
okr.unit | Environment Department (ENV) | |
okr.volume | 1 of 1 |
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