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.
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Author
Swayze, T.
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Document Date
1996/12/01
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Document Type
Brief
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Report Number
57047
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Volume No
1
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Total Volume(s)
1
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Disclosure Date
2010/10/11
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Doc Name
West Central Africa - Building ownership for environmentally sustainable development
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Keywords
Coastal Zone Management;dissemination process;environmental issue;economic and sector work;national development planning;transboundary issues;Natural Resources;private sector participant;high population growth;national environmental priority;common environmental concerns;national budget process;Natural Resource Management;urban environmental degradation;technical training program;environmental information system;loss of biodiversity;coastal resource degradation;transboundary environmental issue;social and environmental;global environmental issue;resident missions;thematic area;environmental awareness;land degradation;environmental efforts;institutional weakness;high poverty;rapid urbanization;local capacity;environmental economics;international meeting;national coastal;environment community;national capacity;environmental problem;commercial sector;water availability;environmental experts;building ownership;environmental plan;environmental strategy;take stock;demographic trend;bank assistance;terrestrial ecosystem;environmental objective;poverty-environment linkage;stakeholder participation;environmental media;informal network;bank's involvement;local expert;
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Swayze, T.
West Central Africa - Building ownership for environmentally sustainable development (English). Africa Region findings ; no. 76 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/834041468017445638/West-Central-Africa-Building-ownership-for-environmentally-sustainable-development