Written by:
Cathrine Mutambirwa, Maria Mutama and Clever Mafuta
Reviewed by:
Prof. Paul Maro SADC-ELMS
Published by:
The Regional Economic Development and Integration (REDI) Programme of the Southern African
Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC), P O Box 5690, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Email: sardc@sardc.net or redi@sardc.net
Funded by:
The African Development Bank under its African Development Fund’s Technical
Assistance Fund.
The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of ADB or SARDC
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Environment
| Background |
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The Southern
Africa Development Co-ordina-tion Conference (SADCC), predecessor of SADC, was formed in
Lusaka, Zambia on 1 April 1980, following the adoption of the Lusaka Declaration,
Southern Africa: Towards Economic Liberation.
This regional grouping for economic co-operation
was founded by the then nine majority-ruled
countries of southern Africa: Angola, Botswana,
Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland,
Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe..full details
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| SADC Environment Sector |
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The SADC Environment
and Land Management Sector (SADC-ELMS) grew out of the former food, agricul-ture and
natural resources sector of SADCC. ..full details
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| Evolution of policies for environmental management |
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Following the Stockholm Conference
on the Human Envi-ronment (1972) and the establishment of the African Min-isterial
Conference on the Environment and Natural Resources..full
details
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| Complementary sectors |
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The SADC Water Sector
Co-ordinating Unit (SADC-WSCU) was set up from SADC-ELMS in 1996. The vision of SADC-WSCU
is to attain sustainable, integrated planning, development, utilization and management of
water resources....full details
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| Policy
recommendations |
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It is necessary to recognize the
inter-relatedness of the SADC sectors if co-operation and regional integration are to be
achieved. The current system whereby the environment is split and limited resource
endowments...full details
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| Conclusion |
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Environment policies for the
region are clear and realistic. Two positive impacts are...full details
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