Welcome to Conserve Africa's website
Conserve Africa Foundation is a membership non-governmental organisation that aims to promote and implement sustainable development practices, policies and strategies in Africa.
We raise awareness and improve knowledge of global, regional and national environmental issues affecting Africa, especially those relating to international conventions on biodiversity, desertification and climate change
We campaign to the international community so that Africa’s environmental challenges are addressed while at the same time combating poverty and promoting socio-economic development
We support the effective local management and conservation of natural resources and ensure that benefits accrue on a sustainable and equitable basis.
We focus on advancing environmental justice and sustainability in order to relieve poverty and improve the living conditions of socially and economically disadvantaged communities.
How?
- Undertaking community environmental rehabilitation
- Promoting community-based natural resource sustainable use, management and conservation initiatives
- Providing environmental education, training and awareness raising
- Advocacy and policy work at the national and international levels
- Action research, information and knowledge dissemination
- Environmental friendly technology and eco-business applications
- Linking local, national, and global environmental initiatives relevant to Africa
Enhancing capacity building for promoting environmental justice Programme in AfricaTraining on Environmental Law: A 4-day training for government officials will and civil society organisations took place in Benin in June 2011. The training workshop brought together more than 40 participants from Benin to share and expand their knowledge of national and international environmental law. The innovation of this programme is the explicit way in which links are made between the environment, Sustainable development and environmental justice in the Africa. The workshop contributed to increase skills and confidence to: i) take steps to educate people and communities on their rights; ii) help people and communities understand environment laws relevant to their circumstances; and iii) help people and communities understand how to use the law to their own benefit.
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| Subscribe to Africa Network for Environmental Justice and Sustainability (ANFES) |
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| Subscribe to Africa Network for Environmental Rights (ANER) |
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| Abonnement au groupe Réseau africain pour les droits environnementaux (RADE) |
| Visiter ce groupe |
