West Central Africa : Building Ownership for Environmentally Sustainable Development

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 progra...

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Main Author:	Swayze, T.
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	BEST PRACTICES BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BUDGET PROCESS CAPACITY BUILDING COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COLLABORATION COMMON ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS CONSERVATION CONSERVATION PROJECTS DEFORESTATION ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLANS ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES ENVIRONMENTAL PLANS ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ESD GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES LAND DEGRADATION LOCAL CAPACITY LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY NATIONAL CAPACITY NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL PLANNING NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT NEAP POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY LEVELS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION STAKEHOLDERS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1996/12/12850535/west-central-africa-building-ownership-environmentally-sustainable-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9947

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spelling	okr-10986-99472021-04-23T14:02:47Z West Central Africa : Building Ownership for Environmentally Sustainable Development Swayze, T. BEST PRACTICES BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BUDGET PROCESS CAPACITY BUILDING COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COLLABORATION COMMON ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS CONSERVATION CONSERVATION PROJECTS DEFORESTATION ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLANS ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES ENVIRONMENTAL PLANS ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ESD GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES LAND DEGRADATION LOCAL CAPACITY LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY NATIONAL CAPACITY NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL PLANNING NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT NEAP POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY LEVELS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION STAKEHOLDERS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 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. 2012-08-13T09:57:37Z 2012-08-13T09:57:37Z 1996-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1996/12/12850535/west-central-africa-building-ownership-environmentally-sustainable-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9947 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 76 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa
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topic	BEST PRACTICES BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BUDGET PROCESS CAPACITY BUILDING COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COLLABORATION COMMON ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS CONSERVATION CONSERVATION PROJECTS DEFORESTATION ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLANS ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES ENVIRONMENTAL PLANS ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ESD GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES LAND DEGRADATION LOCAL CAPACITY LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY NATIONAL CAPACITY NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL PLANNING NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT NEAP POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY LEVELS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION STAKEHOLDERS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle	BEST PRACTICES BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BUDGET PROCESS CAPACITY BUILDING COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COLLABORATION COMMON ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS CONSERVATION CONSERVATION PROJECTS DEFORESTATION ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLANS ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES ENVIRONMENTAL PLANS ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ESD GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES LAND DEGRADATION LOCAL CAPACITY LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY NATIONAL CAPACITY NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL PLANNING NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT NEAP POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY LEVELS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION STAKEHOLDERS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Swayze, T. West Central Africa : Building Ownership for Environmentally Sustainable Development
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description	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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title	West Central Africa : Building Ownership for Environmentally Sustainable Development
title_short	West Central Africa : Building Ownership for Environmentally Sustainable Development
title_full	West Central Africa : Building Ownership for Environmentally Sustainable Development
title_fullStr	West Central Africa : Building Ownership for Environmentally Sustainable Development
title_full_unstemmed	West Central Africa : Building Ownership for Environmentally Sustainable Development
title_sort	west central africa : building ownership for environmentally sustainable development
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1996/12/12850535/west-central-africa-building-ownership-environmentally-sustainable-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9947
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West Central Africa : Building Ownership for Environmentally Sustainable Development

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