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T1 UNEP in the Regions: Africa - Environment for Development
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 Africa
K1 environmental management
K1 economic development
K1 declaration
K1 environment
K1 drought
K1 flood
K1 freshwater
K1 environmental degradation
K1 forest
K1 coastal area
K1 marine area
K1 atmosphere
K1 climate
K1 urban area
YR 2005
FD 2005
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/30637
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/30637
NO The environment in Africa is deeply woven into the lives of Africa’s peoples and into their traditional and cultural values. That environment has recently changed profoundly because of serious droughts and floods, the loss of forests and of animal and plant species, land degradation, increasing water shortages and declining water quality. The main pressures on the environment are largely the result of population growth that has outstripped the capacity of natural resources to meet expanding human needs, the high dependence of many economies on natural resources exploitation, unsustainable natural resource utilization, increasing inequality of incomes, and limited planning, especially in urban areas. The challenges are immense, but governments have responded, setting environmental agendas for action, forming regional and sub regional environmental bodies and introducing measures to protect national environments and those of the wider region.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 18, 2026