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Since their independence, most African countries have been plagued by several problems ranging from wars and conflicts to environmental degradation, poverty and economic stagnation. Poverty has been identified as a major cause and consequence of environmental degradation and resource depletion in the region. Major environmental challenges include deforestation, soil degradation and desertification, declining biodiversity and marine resources, water scarcity, and deteriorating air and water quality (Dorm-Adzobu, 1997; SADC, 1994; UNEP, 1999). The majority of these problems although blamed on the poverty of the majority of the continent’s population, have actually been found to be a result of different interacting factors such as the social-political, social-economic and the environment interactions. Countries of southern Africa, as elsewhere in Africa now face a formidable series of critical demographic, economic, agricultural, energy, technological and institutional transitions in order to move toward development that is economically, socially and environmentally sustainable (SADC, 1996; SADC, 1997).
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Susswein, P.M. (2003). The Use of Market Based Economic Instruments for Sustainable Environmental Management in Africa: A Case Study of the SADC Region. In: International Environmental Law and Policy in Africa. Environment & Policy, vol 36. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0135-8_14
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