| The African governments, who occupy a continent that harbours a variety of unique wild animal species, devised a regional conservation convention over two decades ago. This is The African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources of 1968. Admittedly, the Convention's provisions have attempted to meet the mandate of obliging Contracting Parties to conserve and protect the continent's wild animals. However, due to their weakness divulged in this work, the provisions' potential to be of considerable value to the conservation of a large number of the region's wild animal species is impaired.;There has been no thorough academic examination of the provisions of the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources and its impact on the legal wildlife conservation initiatives in the region. In addition, there exists no primary source for reference, except for the OAU, whose records are, however, not up to date due to financial constraints. Most of the information contained in this work has, therefore, been obtained through personal correspondence with the OAU Secretariat and the IWCS.;This work attempts to create an impetus to the wildlife conservation initiatives in the region and stimulate new insights into ways that conservation strategies can be implemented. (Abstract shortened by UMI.). |
