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10 Transnat'l L. & Contemp. Probs. 385 (2000)
Africa's Potential Contribution to the Implementation of Internal Environmental Law

handle is hein.journals/tlcp10 and id is 399 raw text is: Africa's Potential Contribution to the Implementation of International Environmental Law Francis D.P. Situma* I. Introduction ................................................................................................ 385 II. The Growth of International Environmental Law in the 19th and 20th Centuries ........................................................................ 386 III. Africa and International Environmental Law ......................................... 395 A. Natural Resources and Wildlife Conservation .................................. 408 B. Marine and Coastal Environment ...................................................... 409 C. Hazardous Wastes and Substances .................................................... 412 D . W ater Resources .................................................................................. 413 IV. Africa's Prospects in the Making and Use of International Environmental Law ............................................................ 415 V. Concluding Rem arks .................................................................................. 421 I. INTRODUCTION Over the last thirty years, the international community has adopted a wide range of treaties, resolutions, and declarations as measures aimed at ameliorating the growing body of environmental problems. These measures have provided the framework for environmental problem assessments, policy analyses, and responses. As environmental problems become more complex, the measures become more technical. These measures will be adopted at the international, regional, or bilateral levels in cases of environmental problems that may be unique to the region or individual countries. This could be due to either the geographical vulnerability or the transboundary implications of the problem or due to the particular natural resources shared among several countries. Since the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, sustainable development has become in vogue in the environmental lexicon, and several countries and regions of the world have adopted various measures aimed at the achievement of sustainable ' Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Law, University of Nairobi.

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