Introduction to regional environmental law of the African Union

Strydom, Hennie

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“…While decisions about the conservation and sustainable commodification of common environmental goods are inherently political, transboundary coalitions and partnerships tend to downplay the border politics of commoning by focusing on mutual economic (sustainable development) and conservation interests. Non-confrontational approaches to transboundary environmental commoning are essential in many postcolonial countries, such as member states of the African Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), where sensitivities about outside interference have ushered in political cultures of 'engaged non-indifference' (Pelling, 2011: 85) in transboundary environmental cooperation (see also Strydom, 2015). The growing emphasis on economic aspects of commoning through sustainable development has afforded a more prominent role to the private sector in transboundary commoning activities centred on public-private and private-societal partnerships.…”

Section: Challenging Borders Through Commoningmentioning

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B/ordering the environmental commons

Miller

2019

Progress in Human Geography

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Transboundary environmental commons are usually conceived in terms of the spatial arrangements that govern transboundary resources and coordinate responses to cross-border environmental threats and crises. Borders in this context tend to be viewed as relatively stable institutions in the administration of geographically dispersed resources with well-defined properties by a jurisdictionally divided collective of users. In practice, however, the transboundary commons defy such clear spatial resolution. This paper contributes to emerging scholarship on the transboundary commons by showing how processes of commoning and b/ordering are continually changing in relation to each other to generate flexible new geographies of conservation practice.

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Section: Challenging Borders Through Commoningmentioning

confidence: 99%

B/ordering the environmental commons

Miller

2019

Progress in Human Geography

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The Right to a Clean, Safe and Healthy Environment Under the African Human Rights System

Lumina¹

2020

Human Rights and the Environment Under African Union Law

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An African Legal, Cultural and Religious Perspective of Sustainable Soil Governance

Sambo

2024

International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy

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This chapter adopts a desktop review of diverse literature to understand the legal, cultural and religious underpinning of sustainable soil governance in Africa. The role of traditional knowledge systems in achieving sustainable soil governance in Africa will also be evaluated. The African Union recognises five geographic regions on the continent namely, North, South, West, East and Central. A sixth region consisting of people of African descent living outside the continent is also categorized but it is not materially relevant for the present analysis. The countries highlighted in this chapter are only used representatively of the entire continent to the extent possible. Africa is a large continent with diverse traditions, cultures and religions upon which the legal systems responsible for natural resources and environmental protection are anchored. It is therefore impossible to discuss any issue pertinent to the continent with homogeneity. Africa is no doubt one of the most resource-abundant continents. Natural resources such as gold, diamond, oil, natural gas, copper, uranium, among others are mined in different parts of the continent. Almost every country in Africa has a deposit of natural resources because the continent is endowed with about 97% of the world’s chromium, 90% of the world’s cobalt, 85% of the word’s platinum, 70% of the world’s cocoa, and 60% of the world’s coffee. Despite this abundance of natural resources, Africa is also among the poorest continents. One of the factors that has led to the continent’s extreme poverty levels is that the extraction of land or soil based natural resources is minimally utilised to the benefit of the African countries themselves. The process of natural resources extraction causes immense damage primarily to land and soil as well as the general environment. Against this background, this chapter assesses how culture, traditional norms and religion have shaped sustainable soil governance in Africa.

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Introduction to regional environmental law of the African Union

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B/ordering the environmental commons

B/ordering the environmental commons

The Right to a Clean, Safe and Healthy Environment Under the African Human Rights System

An African Legal, Cultural and Religious Perspective of Sustainable Soil Governance

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