Law | Environment | Africa

Patricia Kameri-Mbote; Alexander Paterson; Oliver C. Ruppel; Bibobra Bello Orubebe; Emmanuel D. Kam Yogo

doi:10.5771/9783845294605

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Law | Environment | Africa

Publication of the 5th Symposium | 4th Scientific Conference | 2018 of the Association of Environmental Law Lecturers from African Universities in cooperation with the Climate Policy and Energy Security Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and UN Environment

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Series:: Recht und Verfassung in Afrika - Law and Constitution in Africa, Volume 38
Publisher:: 2019

Summary

Law | Environment | Africa compiles the proceedings of the 5th Symposium and the 4th Scientific Conference of the Association of Environmental Law Lecturers from African Universities (ASSELLAU) in cooperation with the Climate Policy and Energy Security Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa run by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The book’s aim is to explore, review and analyse recent developments at the point where the law and the environment in Africa overlap. The collection comprises 32 chapters by legal experts from central, eastern, southern and western Africa. It is divided thematically into four parts:

1.) Climate change and energy

2.) Natural resource governance

3.) Water governance, management and use

4.) The role of the law in regulating social and environmental impacts associated with human activity

These subjects are discussed in the context of national, regional and international law frameworks, which are central to Africa’s quest to attain its desired and sustainable development trajectory within the confines of the continent’s valuable yet fragile ecological infrastructure.

With contributions by

Dr. Oluwatoyin Adejonwo-Osho, Dr. Lanre Aladeitan, Dr. Jean-Claude Ashukem, Dr. Godard Busingye, Prof. Dr. Mark B. Funteh, Dr. Elizabeth Gachenga, Prof. Dr. Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Prof. Dr. Emmanuel D. Kam Yogo, Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Kasimbazi, Prof. Dr. Michael Kidd, Gift Dorothy Makanje, Amanda Mkhonza, Prof. Dr. Ayoade Morakinyo Adedayo, Dr. Kariuki Muigua, Dr. Phiona Muhwezi Mpanga, Andrew Muma, Dr. Joseph Magloire Ngang, Dr. Marie Ngo Nonga, Chidinma Therese Odaghara, Edna Odhiambo, Dr. Collins Odote, Dr. Irekpitan Okukpon, Dr. Erimma Gloria Orie, Prof. Dr. Bibobra Bello Orubebe, Daniel Armel Owona Mbarga, Prof. Dr. Alexander Ross Paterson, Olivia Rumble, Prof. Dr. Oliver C. Ruppel, Dr. Esther Effundem Njieassam, Dr. Pamela Towela Sambo, Prof. Dr. Christopher Funwie Tamasang, Prof. Mekete Bekele Tekle, Robert Alex Wabunoha, Nerima Akinyi Were, Hadijah Yahyah.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2019
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-5287-4
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-9460-5
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Recht und Verfassung in Afrika - Law and Constitution in Africa
Volume: 38
Language: English
Pages: 724
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/InhaltsverzeichnisPages 1 - 20 Download chapter (PDF)
Law, environment, Africa: introducing the imperatives, parameters and trends Pages 21 - 30 Alexander Paterson Download chapter (PDF)
1. Climate change legislative development on the African continent Pages 31 - 60 Olivia Rumble Download chapter (PDF)
2. Nigeria’s commitments under the climate change Paris Agreement: legislative and regulatory imperatives towards ensuring sustainable development Pages 61 - 82 Oluwatoyin Adejonwo-Osho Download chapter (PDF)
3. Bridging the gap between climate change and energy policy options: what next for Nigeria? Pages 83 - 104 Morakinyo Adedayo Ayoade Download chapter (PDF)
4. Climate change, human security and the humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad Basin region: selected legal and developmental aspects with a special focus on water governance Pages 105 - 136 Oliver C. Ruppel, Mark B. Funteh Download chapter (PDF)
5. Forests, forest rights, benefit-sharing and climate change implications under Cameroonian law Pages 137 - 164 Christopher F. Tamasang Download chapter (PDF)
6. Indigenous peoples and climate change in Cameroon Pages 165 - 174 Daniel Armel Owona Mbarga Download chapter (PDF)
7. REDD+ and benefit sharing: an examination of the legal framework in Uganda Pages 175 - 200 Hadijah Yahyah Download chapter (PDF)
8. Regulatory preparedness for non-motorised transport in Nairobi Pages 201 - 220 Edna Odhiambo Download chapter (PDF)
1. Wildlife conservation and community property rights in Kenya Pages 221 - 246 Patricia Kameri-Mbote Download chapter (PDF)
2. Criminal law protection of wildlife reserves in Cameroon Pages 247 - 266 Marie Ngo Nonga Download chapter (PDF)
3. Harnessing oil as natural resource wealth: a focus on the legal frameworks of Nigeria and Uganda Pages 267 - 292 Lanre Aladeitan, Robert Alex Wabunoha, Chidinma Therese Odaghara Download chapter (PDF)
4. Access and benefit sharing: beyond the Nagoya Protocol and its ideals Pages 293 - 314 Andrew Muma Download chapter (PDF)
5. Ecosystem services: legal issues on Nigeria’s wetlands Pages 315 - 334 Erimma Gloria Orie Download chapter (PDF)
6. The role of the Environment and Land Court in governing natural resources in Kenya Pages 335 - 356 Collins Odote Download chapter (PDF)
7. Public participation in environmental decision-making in Cameroon – myth or reality? Pages 357 - 374 Jean-Claude Ashukem Download chapter (PDF)
8. Utilising Kenya’s marine resources for national development Pages 375 - 392 Kariuki Muigua Download chapter (PDF)
9. The Environmental Management Act (2017) and natural resource regulation in Malawi: opportunities for and limitations to effective enforcement Pages 393 - 410 Gift Dorothy Makanje Download chapter (PDF)
1. Pollution of water in South Africa by untreated sewage: addressing the governance issues Pages 411 - 428 Michael Kidd Download chapter (PDF)
2. Kenya’s Water Act (2016): real devolution or simply the ‘same script, different cast’ Pages 429 - 452 Elizabeth Gachenga Download chapter (PDF)
3. Improving the legal protection of strategic water source areas: a South African perspective Pages 453 - 478 Amanda Mkhonza Download chapter (PDF)
4. Institutional and legal challenges to realising clean and safe water for all in Uganda Pages 479 - 496 Phiona Muhwezi Mpanga Download chapter (PDF)
5. The conflict between privatisation and the realisation of the right to water in Kenya Pages 497 - 518 Nerima Akinyi Were Download chapter (PDF)
6. Policy, regulatory and institutional frameworks relevant to Ethiopian water governance Pages 519 - 544 Mekete Bekele Tekle Download chapter (PDF)
7. Water resources management and environmental sustainability in west and central Africa Pages 545 - 560 Joseph Magloire Ngang Download chapter (PDF)
8. Water security and environmental justice in Nigeria and South Africa: achievable concord or discordant alliance? Pages 561 - 586 Irekpitan Okukpon Download chapter (PDF)
9. The Lake Chad Basin Water Charter: strengths and weaknesses Pages 587 - 604 Emmanuel D. Kam Yogo Download chapter (PDF)
1. Making the case for gender and environmental considerations in the regulatory framework relating to the Uganda-Tanzania crude oil pipeline project Pages 605 - 626 Godard Busingye Download chapter (PDF)
2. Integrating climate change in the environmental impact assessment process: challenges and prospects in Nigeria Pages 627 - 646 Bibobra Bello Orubebe Download chapter (PDF)
3. The Environmental Management Act (2011): a basis for the growth of an environmental ethos and good environmental governance in Zambia? Pages 647 - 664 Pamela Towela Sambo Download chapter (PDF)
4. Regulating environmental impacts associated with mining in Uganda Pages 665 - 696 Emmanuel Kasimbazi Download chapter (PDF)
5. An analysis of environmental impacts of timber exploitation on indigenous communities’ land in Cameroon Pages 697 - 724 Esther Effundem Njieassam Download chapter (PDF)