The Complexity of Environmental Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa and Reduction of Poverty

Abstract

The principal purpose of this article is to draw attention to the growing threat to human health and the environment posed by the increased generation of and the complex problems attending hazardous wastes in sub-Saharan Africa, and the need to protect this region. This subject is vitally linked to the need to reduce poverty and to achieve socio-economic development in sub-Saharan Africa. However, there is an implicit determination of the people to protect the human health of the sub-Saharan population and the environment from the adverse effects of pollution and degraded ecosystems. It is essential to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of hazardous wastes, and all humanity should make a permanent individual and collective commitment to protect the environment and reduce the poverty that all too often puts the environment and public health at risk.