Abstract
This chapter reviews some of the main regional, sub-regional and national environmental laws applicable to Africa's non-renewable extractive sectors, focusing on hydrocarbons and minerals as the two key resource streams. As such, the central question is which environmental laws are applicable to Africa's non-renewable extractive sectors. For conceptual clarification: environmental laws prevent or address land, water and air pollution and degradation or the effects of such pollution or degradation on humanity, flora and fauna. Although environmental laws have various sources, for instance across national and international legal systems, the focus is on legal agreements at the cross-border level and legislation at the country level, given that they dominate across civil law and common law jurisdictions as well as from local to global stages, although other sources are discussed in passing.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Environment, Legal Issues and Critical Policies |
| Subtitle of host publication | An African Perspective |
| Editors | Ibibia Worika, Michèle Olivier, Nkiruka Maduekwe |
| Place of Publication | Durban |
| Publisher | Lexis Nexis South Africa |
| Chapter | 11 |
| Pages | 229-263 |
| Number of pages | 45 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978 0 639 00736 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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