The Environment, Critical Policies and Legal Frameworks An African Perspective
This book examines existing African legal frameworks and policies in order to ascertain the extent to which they can propel Africa towards achieving its Agenda 2063 goals.
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This book examines existing African legal frameworks and policies in order to ascertain the extent to which they can propel Africa towards achieving its Agenda 2063 goals.
The Environment, Critical Policies and Legal Frameworks: An African Perspective is dedicated to promoting knowledge and awareness in all areas of international and domestic environmental law practice and seeks to spur discussion on strengthening the available African environmental legal frameworks. Proudly supported by the Environment, Health and Safety Law (EHS) Committee, this €˜one-stop-shop' informs legal practitioners, academics and students about continental, regional and national legal frameworks and policies on environmental issues in Africa. It also provides African and non-African legal practitioners with the requisite knowledge to provide legal services to their clients on issues concerning the environment in Africa.
Table of contents
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Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Is mandatory governance really the answer to Africa's environmental problems?
Chapter 3 - The role of regional courts in judicial environmentalism in Africa
Chapter 4 - Regulating the transboundary movement of e-waste into Africa: the imperative of national regulatory measures
Chapter 5 - Managing conflicts between mineral development and water sustainability in Africa: exploring the rights-based approach
Chapter 6 - Advocating a new paradigm in environmental rights adjudication in Nigeria
Chapter 7 - The search for an environmentally sustainable petroleum sector in Nigeria and Kenya: a human rights approach
Chapter 8 - Prospects of the enforcement of the right to water and sanitation in Africa
Chapter 9 - Maintaining environmental integrity in the Gulf of Guinea region and the threat of land-based sources of marine pollution
Chapter 10 - A critical analysis of mining and the environment in the Southern African Development Community
Chapter 11 - Environmental law in Africa's non-renewable extractive sectors
Chapter 12 - Corporate social responsibility in the Economic Community of West African States extractive industries
Chapter 13 - Trade and sustainable production: approaches towards climate change mitigation and Agenda 2063 of the African Union
Chapter 14 - The legal framework for sustainable development of oil sands deposits in sub-Saharan Africa: a critical analysis
Chapter 15 - Fisheries governance and illegal fishing in West Africa