Africa Environment Outlook - 2Africa Environment Outlook - 2
Environment for development
Environmental State-and-trends: 20-year Retrospective
Emerging Challenges
Outlook
Back To Our Common Future
Partners and collaborating centresPartners and collaborating centres
Environment underpins developmentEnvironment underpins development
Environment underpins development
Africa’s resources are being under valued and under utilized
Africa’s the second largest continent in the world and its land supports over 70% of the population
Africa is endowed with enormous potential for solar energy.
There is high wind energy potential in Northern Africa and southern part of South Africa.
Traditional medicinal plants derived from forests support a US$ 100 million industry in Africa
Forests and woodlands account for about 6% of Gross Domestic Product in Africa
Coastal areas are the most important economic
zones, supporting ecotourism in Africa
Emerging challengesEmerging challenges
The actions identified in this report emphasize the need for investment in
human, social, economic and environmental capital in Africa if the region is to prosper.
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