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Research and Other Publications
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Developing Effective Environmental Laws and PoliciesNations throughout Africa are starting to give force and structure to environmental policies, enshrining them in constitutions, laws, and regulations. Most African countries are in the process of drafting or implementing framework environmental laws. These laws rely on implementing legislation or regulations to provide the detailed requirements and standards. However, it is essential that the framework law provide a comprehensive administrative structure capable of overseeing the development, implementation, and enforcement of the environmental legal regime. Additionally, the framework law provides the basic authority for enabling provisions in all environmental matters – from air and water pollution to access to genetic resources to community-based natural resource management. Thus, the success of an environmental legal system depends in large part on the completeness of the substantive and administrative provisions contained in the framework environmental laws. ELI and its partners have helped African countries to craft environmental laws and regulations so that they adequately reflect on-the-ground needs, as well as the political, economic, and social context. ELI has also worked to promote procedural rights necessary to implement environmental law and to ensure sound environmental governance.
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