Dryland degradation - Africa's main environmental challenge / Reconciling Basel and Bamako: the future of hazardous waste management in Africa / CITES and the African elephant / The United Nations Climate Change Regime and Africa / Biotechnology and the commercialisation of biodiversity in Africa / Environmental regulation of the oil and gas industry in Nigeria / Policing industrial pollution in Nigeria / Tanzanian forest law / Common features and trends of fisheries legislation in Africa / Setting up institutions to manage transboundary natural resources: Lake Kariba, a case in point / African environmental governance: opportunities at the regional, subregional and national levels / The evolution and structure of popular participation in environmental decision-making: the case of Ghana / Legal and regulatory framework for environmental impact assessment in African countries / The use of market-based economic instruments for sustainable development in Africa: a case study of the SADC region / Effectiveness of the environmental impact assessment process in managing tourism development in the Seychelles