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Environmental concerns must be
integrated into the development process, but African
countries still face many challenges as they work to achieve
development that is economically, socially, and
environmentally sustainable. Many countries have already
launched National Environmental Action Plans (NEAPs) and
National Conservation Strategies; however, in preparing and
implementing them, economics was used sparingly because
techniques and skills available to do so were in short
supply. This paper was written to fill this gap, to show how
environmental economics could and should be used to improve
the quality of decision making in the NEAP process. The
paper is written for the practitioner in the field who needs
to make immediate decisions and cannot wait for more data.
After presenting the theory of environmental economics, the
text goes on to show its practical application in Africa.
