African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

Convention on Conservation ^[1]
African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Context	Nature conservation
Signed	1968
Location	Algiers
Effective	1969
Signatories	42 Countries Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Côte d’Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Mali Mauritania Mauritius Niger Nigeria Rwanda Sao Tome & Principe Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia
Ratifiers	30 Countries Algeria Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Comoros Congo Côte d’Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Gabon Ghana Kenya Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mozambique Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia

The African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources is a continent-wide agreement signed in 1968. It supersedes the Convention Relative to the Preservation of Fauna and Flora in their Natural State of 1933 and has been superseded by the African Convention on Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (revised) signed in Maputo in 2003.

Notes

↑ African Union 2010.

References

African Union (2010-03-02), List of Countries which have Signed, Ratified/Adhered (PDF)

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