New Roots:
Institutionalizing Environmental Management in Africa

Dorm-Adzobu, C. (1995): New Roots: Institutionalizing Environmental Management in Africa. World Resources Institute, Washington DC.

This report emphasises that environmental planning processes provide unique opportunities to co-ordinate national policies and actions and integrate donor activities into those actions. It is based on country studies of Botswana, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Tanzania and Uganda, with information from other countries incorporated. There are sections on institutional arrangements for environmental management, in particular the key issues such as institutional choices, co-ordination, political support, local and sub-national level participation, donor support, and capacity development. Finally, there is an agenda for implementing environmental management plans in Africa.