The genesis of the international legal protection of the environment in Africa

The article deals with the genesis of the international legal protection of the environment in Africa. The article examines the activities of the regional inter-governmental organizations (OAU and the African Union), as well as bodies (AMCEN) and the NEPAD program to maintain environmental security in Africa in the XX century and in the beginning of the XXI century. The author made conclusion about the need to strengthen joint action by all regional actors in order to strengthen the protection of the environment in Africa.

international environmental law, degradation of the environment, NEPAD, African Union, African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), UNEP