Environmental Planning, Policies and Politics in Eastern and Southern Africa

About this book

Caught between underdevelopment, poverty and environmental degradation, and the need for exploiting their natural resources for development, Africa has, during the last two decades, been engaged in a serious effort to integrate environment and development. The nine case studies (Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Tanzania, Sudan, Uganda and Zambia) presented in this book explore the complexity involved in environmental planning and policy in one of the World's poorest regions. The authors articulate an informed debate, with new conclusions and alternative policy recommendations.

Contents

Foreword; J.B. Opschoor - Note on Contributors - Introduction: Environmental Planning, Policies and Politics in Eastern and Southern Africa; M.A.M.Salih - National Environmental Management in Ethiopia; In Search of People's Space; S.Telda & K.Lemma - National Resource Management Policies in Kenya: The Politics Within; W.N.Wamicha & J.I.Mwanje - Environmental Management in Malawi: Lessons from Failure; W.M. Kasweswe-Mwafongo & L.M.Kapila - Environmental Management in Lesotho: The Limitations of Legal Instruments; M.V.Mareke & P.A.Molumeli - Effectiveness of Environmental Planning in Sudan; H.A.A.Ati & N.M.Awad - National Environmental Planning in Tanzania: Processes and Politics; R.B.B.Mwalyosi & H.Sosovele - Environmental Management in Uganda: A Critique; H.Sengendo & P.K.Musali - Environmental Conservation Planning in Zambia; D.D.Theo & H.N.Chabwela - Desertification and Environmental Management in Botswana; M.B.K.Darkoh - Map - Tables - Inde.

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Biography

M.A. MOHAMED SALIH is Senior Lecturer in Environment and Sustainable Development, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands. His books include Ecology and Politics, The Least Developed and the Oil-Rich Arab Countries, The Role of Social Science in Conflict Analysis and Inducing Food Insecurity: Perspectives on Environmental Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa. SHIBRU TEDLA is General Manager of ECO-Consult, an Environment and Development concern. He is President of the Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society, President of the Ethiopian Society for Appropriate Technology and a Life Member of the Ethiopia Heritage Trust. He is the author of four books, one of which is in Amharic on natural resources and conservation; What do we hear from Anjeni .