National Environmental Action Plans in Africa:
Early Lessons and Future Directions

Falloux, F., Talbot, L. and Christoffersen L. (1990): National Environmental Action Plans in Africa: Early Lessons and Future Directions. AFTEN, Technical Department, Africa Region.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, several governments have initiated processes to prepare and implement National Environmental Action Plans (NEAPs) in collaboration with international partners led by the Bank. At the time of the appearance of this paper seven such national processes were in operation – in Madagascar, Mauritius, Lesotho, Rwanda, Ghana, Guinea and Burkina Faso. This paper aims to draw early lessons from the 7 NEAPs in Africa to better assist new countries that are about to initiate the same process. The paper first provides a background on NEAP origin. Then it focuses on NEAP approach and main components; it highlights the key features of the NEAP process and reviews the results; and it proposes future directions