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Title: | Environmental Priorities for Africa: Linkages between Climate Change and Basic Human Needs |
Author: | White, Rodney R. |
Year: | 1997 |
Periodical: | Canadian Journal of African Studies |
Volume: | 31 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 301-314 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Africa |
Subjects: | basic needs environment Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Development and Technology |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/486182 |
Abstract: | This article examines the roots of an apparent conflict between environmental priorities for Africa, a conflict which pervades both academic debate and the world of international environmental politics. The conflict arises from the assumption that the environmental priorities for Africa should be the so-called 'brown agenda', which includes the provision of water, food, and shelter, otherwise known as 'basic human needs'. For many people who champion the primacy of the 'brown agenda', the 'green agenda', which includes the reduction of industrial pollution, the preservation of green space, and the curbing of gaseous emissions into the atmosphere, appears to be focused on aesthetics and higher quality of life, which is not a practical goal for low-income countries such as those in Africa. The argument advanced in this article is that this point of view serves neither the interests of the global community nor the interests of the people of Africa. The article proposes an integrated view of Africa's environmental priorities which could break the current impasse. Bibliogr. |