Managing Renewable Natural Capital in Africa

Siddig A. Salih

No wp-1992-097, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: There is a growing evidence suggesting that the ecological degradation in Africa is accelerating faster than the region's economic decline. More seriously, trees in Sub-Saharan Africa are being felled 30 times as fast as they are being replaced; implying the highest rate of deforestation in the world. Unless this trend is slowed down, the increasing demand for woodfuel coupled with high population pressure are capable of destroying the forests in less than sixty years.

Keywords: Environmental policy; Forests and forestry; Sustainable development; Renewable resources (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1992
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