World Bank2013-06-272013-06-2720020-8213-5146-Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/14262This environment strategy outlines the current thinking in the World Bank Group Africa Region about priorities and actions for the institution in the environmental arena. The Africa Region Environment Strategy (ARES) outlines the Bank's commitment to help its clients achieve sustainable poverty reduction through better environmental management. It identifies the most urgent issues at the interface of environment and poverty and discusses targeted actions for addressing them. It reviews the lessons from experience to date and proposes new approaches. The strategic context in which the ARES has evolved and will be implemented is defined by the Bank's mission statement and operational policies, the World Bank Environment Strategy (WBES), and by the Bank's broader objectives, priorities, and strategies in the Africa Region. Like the WBES, the ARES approaches environment through a "poverty lens" and targets four main objectives: a) ensuring sustainable livelihoods, b) improving environmental health, c) reducing vulnerability to natural disasters, and d) maintaining local, regional, and global ecosystems and values. Key elements of the ARES include integrating environment into development and poverty reduction strategies; building an enabling environment and the institutional and human capacity for sustainable environmental management; promoting environmentally sustainable and equitable private sector-led economic development; improving governance; and encouraging decentralization.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADAPTATIONAIRAIR POLLUTIONAPPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGYBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONBIODIVERSITY LOSSBIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYBIOLOGICAL RESOURCESBUILDING MATERIALSCARBONCARBON EMISSIONSCATASTROPHIC EVENTSCDFCHANGES IN LAND USECIVIL SOCIETYCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLINICSCOASTAL MANAGEMENTCOASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENTCOLLECTIVE ACTIONCOMMUNITY ACTIONCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECONDOMSCONFLICT PREVENTIONDEFORESTATIONDIRECT INVESTMENTDISASTERSEARTH SUMMITECONOMIC ANALYSISECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHENDANGERED SPECIESENERGY RESEARCHENVIRONMENT STRATEGYENVIRONMENTAL ACTIONENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLANENVIRONMENTAL AGENDAENVIRONMENTAL AREASENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTENVIRONMENTAL ASSETSENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUPENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONSENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONENVIRONMENTAL GOODSENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCEENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATIONENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVEENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTIONSENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTSENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL MONITORINGENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVESENVIRONMENTAL POLICYENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIESENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCESENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIPEXTERNALITIESFINANCIAL RESOURCESFISHFISHERIESFOREST MANAGEMENTFORESTRYFUELFUELSFUTURE GENERATIONSGAS FLARINGGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMGLOBAL ASSETSGLOBAL ENVIRONMENTGLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITYGLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICESGLOBAL WARMINGGNPGROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTHEALTH RISKSHEALTHY ENVIRONMENTHOSPITALSHOUSINGIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEINCINERATIONINCINERATION FACILITIESINCOMELAND DEGRADATIONLAND USELAND USE PLANNINGLEGAL STATUSLEGISLATIONLOGGINGMALARIAMEDICINESMEMBER STATESNATIONAL BORDERSNATIONAL LEVELNATURAL CAPITALNATURAL DISASTERSNATURAL ECOSYSTEMSNATURAL GASNATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCE BASENATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTNATURAL RESOURCESNON- GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSPARTNERSHIPPILOT PROJECTSPOLICY FRAMEWORKPOPULATION GROWTHPRIMARY HEALTH CAREPRIVATE SECTORPUBLIC SECTORQUALITY OF LIFERAINFALLRANGELANDSREFUGEESRESOURCE USERISK MANAGEMENTRURAL ELECTRIFICATIONSEA LEVELSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOIL DEGRADATIONSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENTSURFACE WATERSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE GROWTHTRADEOFFSWASTEWATER RESOURCESWATER SUPPLYWorld Bank10.1596/14262