CONTRIBUTORS
Hundreds of experts in Africa and other parts of the
world participated in the second Africa Environment
Outlook (AEO-2) assessment during its preparation,
attending meetings and workshops, participating in
chapter expert working groups, researching and drafting
chapters, reviewing and providing comprehensive
comments. UNEP acknowledges the special role played
by AMCEN’s Inter-Agency Technical Committee.
Additionally UNEP would also like to acknowledge and
thank all the experts and other stakeholders who
volunteered their time to be involved in the AEO-2
assessment. Among them are the following:
Allali Abdelkader
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fishing, Morocco
Amr Mohamed Adel Abdel-Meguid
Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE), Egypt
Ahmed Abdelrehim
Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE), Egypt
Gamal Mortada Abdo
Faculty of Engineering, University of Khartoum, Sudan
Samuel Aboah
Sambus Company Limited, Ghana
Gustave Aboua
Université d’Abobo-Adjamé, Côte d’Ivoire
Jeanne Josette Acacha Akoha
Ministère de l’Environnement de l’Habitat et de l’Urbanisme, Benin
Adebisi Adebayo
Consultant, Switzerland
M. Adrabou
Egypt
Kouadio Affian
Université de Cocody-Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Abel Afouda
Département de Mathématiques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Benin
Justin Ahanhanzo
Oceanography-Fisheries and Global Environment, IOC/UNESCO, Benin
Maha Akrouk
Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE), Egypt
Osman M. Ali
Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Khartoum, Sudan
Joel Arumadri Alimudoa
National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Uganda
Hossam Allam
Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE), Egypt
Jonathan Allotey
Environment Protection Agency (EPA), Ghana
Sylvia Amisi
Consultant, Kenya
Yaw Opoku Ankomah
Water Research Institute, Ghana
Russell Arthurton
Consultant, United Kingdom
Joe Asamoah
EnerWise Africa, South Africa
Peter Ashton
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Natural Resources and the Environment, South Africa
Franck A. Attere
Consultant, Kenya
Hassan Awad
University of Alexandria, Egypt
Aaboubacar Awaiss
WWF – The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Egypt
Uneysa Ayair
Student Environmental Association, South Africa
Tenalem Ayenew
Department of Earth Sciences,Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Matthew Bola Ayeni
Department of Geography, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Samuel N. Ayonghe
Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Cameroon
Hichem Azafzaf
Tunisia
Randha Baligh
Faculty of Arts, Mansoura University, Egypt
Abou Bamba
Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Switzerland
Dansala Bambe
Agence Internationale pour le Développement de l’Information Environnementale, Cameroon
Antoine Banvidi
Ministère de l’Economie Forestière et de l’Environnement, Congo
Kristen Barney
Millennium Institute, USA
Andre Bassolé
EIS-Africa, Burkina Faso
Hans E. Beekman
Consultant, South Africa
Reinette Biggs
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Natural Resources and the Environment, South Africa
Stephen Blake
Wildlife Conservation Society, Washington D.C.
Foday Bojang
African Union, Ethiopia
Yadowsun Boodhoo
Meteorological Services, Mauritius
Tricia Colagiovanni
Consultant, Kenya
Jean Abdias Compaore
Conseil National pour l’Environnement et le Développement Durable (CONEDD), Ministère de l’Environnement et du Cadre de Vie, Burkina Faso
Abdoulie Danso
Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS), Burkina Faso
Berhe Debalkew
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Djibouti
Ibrahima Mamadou Mat Dia
Senegal
Amadou Moctar Dieye
Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE), Senegal
Ousseynou Eddje Diop
MELISSA Coordinator, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa
Charles-Elie Doumambila
Agence Internationale pour le Développement de l’Information Environnementale, Gabon
Opha Pauline Dube
Department of Environmental Science, University of Botswana, Botswana
Moheeb Abdel-Sattar Ebrahim
Egyptian Environment Affairs Agency, Egypt
Salim Ebrahim
The International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE), South Africa
Ismail Elbagouri
Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE), Egypt
Ahmed El-Kholei
Consultants for Development and Environment (CDE), Egypt
N’Dah Etien
Agence Nationale de l’Environnement (ANDE), Côte d’Ivoire
Chukwudozie Ezigbalike
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Ethiopia
Cheikh Fofana
Secrétariat Intérimaire chargé du suivi du Volet Environnement du NEPAD (SINEPAD/ENV), Ministère de l’Environnement et de l’Assainissement, Senegal
Mamadou Fofana
African Centre for Environmental Information, Côte d’Ivoire
Jean Folack
Agricultural Research Institute for Development (IRAD), IRAD Polyvalent Research Institute for Development, Cameroon
Regina Folorunsho
Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research, Nigeria
Anthony T. Forbes
School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Natal, South Africa
Keith Forbes
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Ethiopia
Elizabeth Gavin
EIS-AFRICA, South Africa
Heshham A. Ghany
Hydraulics Research Institute, Egypt
Sarjoo Gooroochurn
Services Sans Frontières, Mauritius
Sives Govender
EIS-AFRICA, South Africa
Elizabeth Gowa
National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Uganda
Kolethi Gumbo
Forestry Commission, Zimbabwe
Jacob Gyamfi-Aidoo
Consultant, EIS-AFRICA, South Africa
Hashali Hamukuaya
Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) Living Marine Resources Activity Centre, Namibia
Hans R. Herren
Millennium Institute, USA
Antonio Hoguane
University Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique
Qongqong Hoohlo
National Environment Secretariat, Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture, Lesotho
Bettina Horstmann
Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Germany
Pascal Houénou
Network for Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa (NESDA), Côte d’Ivoire
Geoffrey Howard
IUCN – The World Conservation Union (IUCN) Eastern Africa Regional Office (EARO), Kenya
Chris Huggins
African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya
Abdulrahman S. Issa
IUCN – The World Conservation Union (IUCN), Tanzania Country Office, Tanzania
Phoebe Ayugi Josiah
Health, Environment and Population (HEPCO), Kenya
Christopher O. Justice
Geography Department, University of Maryland, USA
Harry Kaane
Department of Electrical and Communications Engineering, Moi University, Kenya
Kagumaho Kakuyo
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Canada
Patricia Kameri-Mbote
University of Nairobi, Kenya
Alioune Kane
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal
Joan Kariuki
African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya
Henry Ntale Kayondo
Directorate of Water Development, Uganda
Eucharia U. Kenya
Consultant, Kenya
Bothepha Kgabung
Department of Environmental Science, University of Botswana, Botswana
Ahmed El Kholei
Department of Urban Planning, Menofia University Consultants for Development and Environment (CDE), Egypt
Poornima Kirloskar-Saini
Consultant, Kenya
Mary Goretti Kitutu
National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Uganda
Souleymane Konate
Station d’Ecologie de Lamto, Côte d’Ivoire
K.A. Koranteng
WWF – The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Kenya
Kasim Kulindwa
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Wolfgang Küper
NEES Institute for the Biodiversity of Plants, University of Bonn, Germany
Elton Laisi
Centre for Development Research and Information in Southern Africa (CEDRISA), Malawi
Birguy Lamizana
L’Union mondiale pour la nature (UICN) – Le Bureau de pays de Sénégal, Senegal
Kate Lance
USGS/EROS Data Centre and Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Secretariat, USA
Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Data Centre / US Geological Survey (USGS)
Ousmane Laye
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Ethiopia
Michel Laverdière
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Zimbabwe
Dagnachew Legesse
Department of Earth Sciences,Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Roger Lewis Leh
Environmental Protection Agency, Ghana
Etienne Louw
GISCOE/ESRI, South Africa
Peter Lowry
Missouri Botanical Garden, Madagascar Research and Conservation Program, Madagascar
Irene G. Lungu
Environmental Council of Zambia
Clever Mafuta
Southern African Research and Documentation Centre – Musokotwane Environmental Resource Centre for Southern Africa (SARDC-IMERCSA), Zimbabwe
Nathaniel Makoni
ABS TCM Ltd, Kenya
Joel Celestin Mamboundou
Agence Internationale pour le Développement de l’Information Environnementale (ADIE), Gabon
Victor Mamoneke
Institut de Développement Rural, Université Marien Ngouabi de Brazzaville, Congo
Nelson Manda
Environmental Council of Zambia, Zambia
Bora Masumbuko
Network for Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa (NESDA), Côte d’Ivoire
Jane Mbendo
WWF – The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Tanzania
Neema Mbeyu
Kenya
Lokwa Mbunzama Narcisse
Democratic Republic of the Congo
A. Mmochi
Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Hezron Mogaka
African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya
Rajendranath Mohabeer
Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), Mauritius
Ali Mohamed
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Kenya
Jennifer Mohamed-Katerere
Independent Human Rights and Environmental Lawyer, Indonesia
Crepin Momo Kama
Agence Internationale pour le Développement de l’Information Environnementale, Gabon
Andrew Mondoka
Water Resource Action Programme, Zambia
Pedro Monteiro
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa
Stanley Mubako
Southern African Research and Documentation Centre – Musokotwane Environmental Resource Centre for Southern Africa (SARDC-IMERCSA), Zimbabwe
Ambrose Mugisha
Nature Uganda, Uganda
Zilore Simoko Mumba
African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development (ACMAD), Niger
Telly Eugene Muramira
National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Uganda
Charles Musisi
Computer Frontiers International, Uganda
Constansia Musvoto
Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
Francis Mutua
Department of Meteorology, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Evans Mwangi
University of Nairobi, Kenya
Lawrence Mwangi
Department of Environment, Nairobi City Council, Kenya
Wagaki Mwangi
Consultant, Kenya
Emmanuel Naah
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Kenya
Medhat Nagi
Arab Office for Youth and Environment (AOYE), Arab Network Environment and Development (RAED), Egypt
Stephen Nanthambwe
Strategic Planning, Gender and Policy Harmonization Department, SADC Secretariat, Botswana
M. Oliver Nasirwa
Darwin Project, Eastern Africa, Kenya
Déthié Soumaré Ndiaye
Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE), Senegal
Mame Dagou Ndiaye
Wetlands International, Africa Programme, Senegal
Jacques André Ndione
Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE), Senegal
Fatou Ndoye
Network for Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa (NESDA), Côte d’Ivoire
Ahmed El Nemr
National Oceanography Data Centre (ENODC)
National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Egypt
Marie N’guessan
Franconet, Côte d’Ivoire
Madiodio Niasse
L’Union mondiale pour la nature (UICN) Le Bureau régional de l’UICN pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest (UICN-BRAO), Burkina Faso
Deborah L. Nightingale
Environment Management Advisors, Kenya
Orlando Nino-Fluck
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Ethiopia
Musisi Nkambwe
University of Botswana, Botswana
Douglas Mulenga Nkolonganya
Environmental Council of Zambia, Zambia
André Nonguierma
Centre for Agro-meteorology and Operational Hydrology (AGRHYMET), Niger
Dorothy Nyamhanza
Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat, Botswana
Chris Mombo Nzatsi
Ministère de l’Economie Forestière, des Eaux, de la Pêche Chargé de l’Environnement et de la Protection de la Nature, Gabon
James Ochanda
University of Nairobi, Kenya
Washington Ochola
Egerton University, Kenya
Eric Odada
Pan African START Secretariat, Kenya
G.B.A. Okelo
African Academy of Sciences, Kenya
Tom O. Okurut
East African Community (ECA) Secretariat, Tanzania
Alfred Opere
Department of Meteorology, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Joseph Opio-Odongo
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – Drylands Development Centre, Kenya
M. Osore
Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA), Kenya
Wilber Ottichilo
Regional Centre for Services in Surveying Mapping and Remote Sensing, Kenya
Mamadou Ouattara
Regional Programme for the Fouta Djallon Highlands, African Union, Guinea
Lekan Oyebande
Department of Geography, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Kevin Pietersen
Water Resource Management, Water Research Commission, South Africa
Fatou Kiné Lô Planchon
Consultant, France
Kim Prochazka
Botany Department, University of Western Cape, South Africa
Justin Prosper
Policy, Planning and Services Division, Ministry of Environment, Seychelles
Weishuang Qu
Millennium Institute, USA
Sachooda Ragoonaden
Consultant, Mauritius
Jeanny Raharimampionona
Missouri Botanical Garden, Madagascar Research and Conservation Program, Madagascar
Berthin Rakotonirina
Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IHSM), Madagascar
John L. Roberts
Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), Mauritius
Jan Robinson
Seychelles Fishing Authority, Seychelles
Mayar Sabet
Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE), Egypt
Anjali Saini
Consultant, Kenya
Ossama Salem
Capacity Building International, Egypt
Alioune Sall
African Futures Institute/Institut des Futurs Africains, South Africa
Melita Samoilys
Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, IUCN – The World Conservation Union (IUCN) Eastern Africa Regional Office (EARO), Kenya
D. Sanga
Sustainable Development Unit, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Ethiopia
Bob Scholes
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Natural Resources and the Environment, South Africa
Craig A. Schwabe
GIS Centre, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), South Africa
Stefan Schwarzer
Consultant, UNEP/GRID-Geneva
Mohamedain E. Seif-Elnasr
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Zambia
El Hadji Sène
Dakar, Senegal
Yohanna W. Shaghude
University of Dar es Salaam, Institute of Marine Sciences, Tanzania
Nirmal Shah
Nature Seychelles, Seychelles
Luc Sigha-Nkamdjou
Centre de Recherches Hydrologiques de PIRGM, Cameroon
George M. Sikoyo
Kenya
Maria Snoussi
Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University Mohamed V, Morocco
Dr. Arona Soumare
WWF – The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Western Africa Marine Eco-region (WAMER), Senegal
Emilia Sunkutu
Environmental Council of Zambia, Zambia
Georgina Tackie
International Maritime Organization (IMO), Ghana
Fanuel Tagwira
Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Africa University, Zimbabwe
Susan Taljaard
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa
Thomas Fofung Tata
Consultant, Cameroon
Lenka Thamae
IUCN – The World Conservation Union (IUCN) Regional Office for Southern Africa (ROSA), Zimbabwe
Bhen Sikina Toguebaye
Recherche de l’UCAD Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal
Assize Touré
Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE), Senegal
Oussouby Touré
LEAD Afrique Francophone, Senegal
Dan Tunstall
World Resource Institute (WRI), Washington D.C., USA
Timothy Kairania Twongo
Fisheries Research Institute, Uganda
Gloria Ujor
Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigeria
Greg Wagner
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Judi Wakhungu
African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya
Philips Weech
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Germany
Kelly West
IUCN – The World Conservation Union (IUCN) Regional Office for Eastern Africa (EARO), Kenya
Tesfaye Woldeyes
Environmental Protection Authority, Ethiopia
Alaphia Wright
University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
Yongxin Xu
University of Western Cape, South Africa
Amoyaw-Osei Yaw
Environmental Protection Agency, Ghana
Humberto Zaqueu
Mozambique Debt Group, Mozambique
AMCEN INTER-AGENCY TECHNICAL COMMITTEE (IATC)
Meeting Participants
Dr. Foday Bojang
Senior Policy Officer, African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Mr. Hassane Boukili
Morocco Embassy, Focal Point to UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya
Mr. Chukwudozie Ezigbalike
Development Management Officer, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Mr. Abdulrahman S. Issa
Country Director, IUCN – The World Conservation Union (IUCN) Tanzania Country office, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Mr. John P. Muindi
Regional Coordinator Eastern and Southern Africa International Maritime Organization (IMO), Nairobi, Kenya
Mr. Telly Eugene Muramira
Director, Policy, Planning and Information, National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Kampala, Uganda
Mr. Emmanuel Naah
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Nairobi, Kenya
Dr. Stephen J. Nanthambwe
Senior Environment and Land Management Expert, Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat, Gaborone, Botswana
Ms. Dorothy Nyamhanza
SADC Secretariat, Gaborone, Botswana
Prof. G.B.A. Okelo
Secretary General and Executive Director,African Academy of Sciences, Nairobi, Kenya
Mr. J.A. Alele Opio
Senior Programme Analyst – Industry, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, (COMESA), Lusaka, Zambia
Prof. Joseph Opio-Odongo
Environment Policy Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Nairobi, Kenya
Dr. Mamadou Ouattara
Coordinator, Regional Programme for the Fouta Djallon Highlands,African Union Conakry, Guinea
Mr. Dimitri Sanga
Head, Sustainable Development Unit, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Mr. Craig A. Schwabe
Director, GIS Centre, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria, South Africa
Dr. Mohamedain E. Seif-Elnasr
Energy Economist – Infrastructure Development, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Lusaka, Zambia
Mrs. Georgina Tackie
Regional Coordinator, International Maritime Organization, c/o UNDP Office, Accra, Ghana
Dr. Thomas Fofung Tata
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Dr. Assize Touré
Directeur Technique, Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE), Dakar, Senegal
Dr. Paul Vitta
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Nairobi, Kenya
UNEP
Peter Acquah
Hugo Ahlenius
Johannes Akiwumi
Christopher O. Ambala
Anna Balance
Robert Barnes
Ivar Baste
Marion Cheatle
Jacquie Chenje
Munyaradzi Chenje
Gerry Cunningham
Volodymyr Demkin
Salif Diop
Norberto Fernandez
Marianne Folgen
Tessa Goverse
Beth Ingraham
Velma Kiome
Johnson Kitheka
Angele Luh
Timo Maukonen
Patrick M’mayi
Abdel Monem
John Mugwe
Henry Ndede
Nick Nuttall
Akpezi Ogbuigwe
Valerie Rabesahala
Audrey Ringler
Charles Sebukeera
Mohamed Sessay
David Simpson
Morten Sorensen
Sékou Touré
Frank Turyatunga
Njeri Wamukonya
Mick Wilson
Jaap van Woerden
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