Environmental Links

Benin Links

• Ministère de l'Environnement, de l'Habitat et de l'Urbanisme (Ministry of Environment, Housing and Urban Affairs) (French only)

Botswana Links

• Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Environment

Burkina Faso Links

• Ministère de l'Environnement et de l'Eau (Ministry of Environment and Water Affairs)
• National Strategies for Sustainable Development

Cameroon Links

• Ministère de l'Environnement et des Forêts (Ministry of Environment and Forests)
• Defence of the Cameroon Environment

Central Africa Republic Links

• Ministry for the National Forestry Commission, Fish, Environment, and Tourism

Egypt Links

• Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs
• The Environmental Protection Law

Ghana Links

• Environmental Protection Agency
• Environmental Assessment (Amendment) Regulations, 2002 in PDF format
• The Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1994 Act 490 in PDF format
• Pesticides Control and Management Act, 1996 Act 528 in PDF format
  

Kenya Links

• National Environment Management Authority (NEMA)
• EIA Guidelines
• Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act, 1999

Lesotho Links

• Ministry of Natural Resources PO Box 772, Maseru 100 +266 323-163; fax +266 310-520
• Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture PO Box 52 Maseru 100 Telephone: +266 2231 3034 Fax: +266 2231 0194
• Lesotho Council of Non Governmental Organizations
• Lesotho Highlands Water Project
• Lesotho National Development Corporation

Liberia Links

• Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy Capitol Hill, P.O. Box 10-9024, 1000 Monrovia 10 (231) 226-281, 221-580

Madagascar Links

• National Environment Office/ L'Office National pour l'Environnement B.P. 822, Antananarivo 101 (261-2) 641-06, 641-07, 259-99; fax (261-2) 306-93
• Min. de l'Environnement, des Eaux et Forêts

Mali Links

• Ministry of Environment Bamako 223-236343
• United Nations in Mali

Mauritania Links

• Ministry of Rural Development and Environment Nouakchott (222-2) 51-500

Malawi Links

• Environmental Management Act
• Impact Assessment Guidelines
• State of Environment Report
• Environmental Policy
• Herbarium & Botanical Gardens
• The Action Plan (NEAP Vol.1)
• District Suggestions (NEAP Vol.2)

Mauritius Links

• Ministry of Environment and National Development Unit

Morocco Links

• Ministry of Territory Planning, Water and Environment (MATEE)

Mozambique Links

• Ministry of Environmental Action Coordination Av. Acordos de Lusaka 2115, Caixa Postal 2020, Maputo (258-1) 466-245; fax (258-1) 465-849 
• UNDP Mozambique Country Office
• Universidade Eduaro Mondlane
• Niassa Reserve
• Environmental Working Group (GTA)

Namibia Links

• Directorate of Environmental Affairs (DEA) of Namibia's Ministry of Environment and Tourism
• Enabling the safe use of biotechnology - National Policy Document
• Draft Tourism Policy Paper

South African Links

South Africa's Dept of Environmental Affairs and Tourism:

• Integrated Environmental Management
• National Environmental Management Bill, 1998
• An Environmental Policy for South Africa, 1996
• Users guide to National Environmental Management Act
• National Environmental Management Act, 1998
• EIA Regulations- Implementation of Sections 21, 22, 26 of the Environment Conservation Act
• Draft White Paper on Integrated Pollution and Waste Management for South Africa
• Environmental Policy for South Africa
• Aircraft Noise and Engine Emissions
• Environmental Policy Development Projects
• Mineral Policy of South Africa, 1998
• The Land Affairs White Paper, 1997
• Green Paper on Land Reform, 1996
• Green Paper on Biodiversity, 1996
• White Paper on Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Bill, 2001
• White Paper on Integrated Pollution and Waste Management for South Africa, 2000
• Genetically Modified Organisms Act, 1997
• National Waste Management Strategy and Action Plans
• Action Plan for Waste Minimisation and Recycling, 1999
• Action Plan for Waste Treatment and Disposal
• Green Party of South Africa

Seychelles Links

• Ministry of Environment Seychelles
• The Environment Protection Act, 1994

Swaziland Links

• Swaziland Environment Authority
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Waste Management
• University of Swaziland
• Swaziland National Trust Commission
• Swaziland Water Services Corporation
• Coordinating Assembly of Non Governmental Organisations
• Swaziland Constitution
• UNDP Swaziland
• TASC Swaziland
• NERCHA - National Emergency Response Committee On HIV / AIDS
• Africa Cooperative Action Trust

Tanzania Links

• Tanzanian Environmental Policy
• The Wildlife Conservation Act, 1974
• The Village Land Act, 1999
• Lawyers' Environmental Action Team (LEAT)
• Environmental Impact Assessment Procedure
• National Environmental Policy

Tunisia Links

• Ministere de l'Agriculture de l'Environnement et des Ressources Hydrauliques

Uganda Links

• Ugandan Environmental Policy
• National Environment Management Authority
• The National Environment Statute, 1995
• National Environment Action Plan

Zambia Links

• Environmental Council of Zambia
• Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
• Environmental Protection and Pollution Control Act
• Air Regulations
• EIA Regulations
• Waste Regulations
• Water Regulations

International Agreements

• Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention)
• Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD)
• Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
• Agenda 21 and the Rio Agreements
• African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
• Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa
• World Environmental Agreements
• Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
• Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)
• African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA)
• Verification Mechanisms in International Environmental Agreements

General Environmental Links

• Environmental Law Institute
• FAOLEX - provides a searchable database of African laws
• UN Intergovernmental Panel on Forests
• Africa Network for Environment and Sustainable Development
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Center for International Environmental Law
• Friends of the Earth
• International Council of Environmental Law
• IUCN: World Conservation Union
• Resources for the Future
• World Resources Institute
• World Wildlife Fund
• European Environment Agency
• United Nations Environment Programme
• AFROL.com environment page
• Africa south of the sahara Environment page
• Cumulative Effects Assessment Practitioners Guide

Dams and Water Resources

• World Commission on Dams (WCD)
• International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD)
• International Hydropower Association (IHA)
• International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID)
• International Rivers Network (IRN)
• Geoguide: Dams General Information on Dams
• Dam-Reservoir Impact and Information Archive
• National Performance of Dams Program
• Bureau of Reclamation Basin/Reservoir Data
• International Journal on Hydropower and Dams
• SADCWSCU - Southern African Development Community Water Sector Co-ordination Unit
• The African Water Page
• The SADC Protocol on Shared Watercourse Systems
• A Watershed in Global Governance? An Independent Assessment of the World Commission on Dams

Environmental Journals

• African Journal for Environmental Assessment and Management
• Water SA (South Africa Water Research Commission)

Transfrontier Conservation Areas

The Peace Parks Foundation

• Lubombo TFCA
• Maluti-Drakensberg TFCA [another]
• Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park [another]
• Gaza-Kruger-Gonarezhou Transfrontier Park [another]
• Limpopo Valley TFCA
• Richtersveld / Ai-Ais TFCA
• Gariep TFCA
• Dongola / Limpopo Valley TFCA
• Lake Malawi / Nyasa TFCA

Environmental Impact Assessment Resources

• European Commission
• UNDP's Handbook and Guidelines for Environmental Management

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This page was last updated on 12 May 2006