A continent in chaos: Africa's environmental issues.

Clay, R. C. C.

doi:10.1289/ehp.941021018

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“…In other words, the two are largely interwoven. Clay observes that: "Half of Africa's almost 450 million inhabitants have no access to health services, while two thirds lack safe drinking water…environmentally-related disease compromise the continents productivity, making it more difficult to generate revenue to fight the environmental health problem (Clay, 2022).…”

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Effective Leadership and the Quest for Environmental Sustainability in Africa

Solomon,

Nkem Okolie,

Enyinnaya Nwamuo

et al. 2023

EJSD

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The African continent is undeniably blessed with immense resources that spans from natural to human. The remarkably blessed natural resources and the unique environment accounts for the abundance of food and raw materials that keep the various industries around the world operational. In other words, Africa and its numerous natural resources cannot be undermined in the world’s food-chain and supplies of raw materials that keep industrial world functional. This beautiful horizon of Africa’s natural environment remains the home of various species of unique animals and plants. However, in recent times, the rich African environment and natural resources have been under threats by various human activities and natural disaster such as Gas flaring, Deforestation, flood, wild fire, hunting, oil explorations etc. These human and natural disaster have put the African continent and indeed its beautiful natural environment at the threshold of near collapse, unproductivity, risk of extinction of unique plants and animals and of course other unimaginable problems, if not properly handled. Leadership crisis and indeed poor leadership in Africa have not only contributed to the socio-political and cultural problems in Africa, but to the environmental crisis and mismanagement of various resources that can aid the progress of Africa. This paper affirms that effective leadership remains a propitious tool of environmental sustainability in Africa. Keywords: Leadership, Effective leadership, Environmental sustainability in Africa

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Effective Leadership and the Quest for Environmental Sustainability in Africa

Solomon,

Nkem Okolie,

Enyinnaya Nwamuo

et al. 2023

EJSD

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“…This is also the case elsewhere in Africa where transnational mining companies have violated community environmental rights with African states playing a complicit role. The mining industry in Africa is little regulated which resulted in massive environmental pollution as in the case of copper and cobalt in Zaire, diamonds, gold, platinum and chromium in South Africa, uranium in Namibia and bauxite in Guinea where environmental pollution is a serious concern for mining towns (Clay 1994). The following section analyses the case of the South Durban Basin where residential communities were located next to polluting petrochemical industries in the name of economic efficiency during the apartheid era in South Africa.…”

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Towards the Creation of Healthier City Neighbourhoods for Marginalised Communities in South Africa: a Case Study of the South Durban Industrial Basin in the City of Durban

2012

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This paper critically evaluates efforts to mitigate the adverse effects of pollution on residential communities that are located next to polluting chemical industries in the South Durban Basin area, in the city of Durban, South Africa. The economic agenda ignored socio-environmental imperatives as poor residential communities and polluting chemical industries were juxtaposed, which made the area prone to environmental and health hazards. Empirical research is conducted focusing on the relations among industry, the people, housing, health and the neighbourhood built environment. The paper notes that efforts to create healthier livable city neighbourhoods in Africa, and South Africa in particular, are hampered by the superimposition of industrial capitalism over social and environmental aspects of sustainable development. In this context, the paper argues marginalised neighbourhoods need to proactively articulate their environmental concerns in ways that foster the cooperation and remedial action of other stakeholders of urban governance especially the state and private sector.

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“…This policy has resulted in significant improvement in environmental quality concurrent with population and economic growth. The success of the environmental protection policies of the United States is best exemplified when environmental quality of the United States is compared to that of industrialized countries of the former Soviet block and other countries where such policies were never significantly instituted (2)(3)(4).…”

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Are environmental sentinels signaling?

LeBlanc

1995

Environ Health Perspect

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There is an increasing perception that environmental contamination by chemicals no longer poses a significant health threat and that relaxation of environmental regulations is warranted. However, many wildlife populations are showing signs of developmental, behavioral, and reproductive dysfunction due to environmental contamination by endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Scientists, regulators, and legislators must mobilize to identify current health threats posed by environmental pollutants, develop testing protocols that will detect such properties of new chemicals, and strengthen legislation designed to protect environmental health.

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A continent in chaos: Africa's environmental issues.

Cited by 5 publications

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Effective Leadership and the Quest for Environmental Sustainability in Africa

Effective Leadership and the Quest for Environmental Sustainability in Africa

Towards the Creation of Healthier City Neighbourhoods for Marginalised Communities in South Africa: a Case Study of the South Durban Industrial Basin in the City of Durban

Are environmental sentinels signaling?

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