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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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