OceanExpert ID : 18487
United Nations Environment Programme (Abidjan Convention Secretariate)
UNEP
(United Nations Environment Programme (Abidjan Convention Secretariate))
Rue Harris Memel Foteh
P.O. Box: 1747 Abidjan
Côte d’Ivoire
Type
International / Intergovernmental
Telephone
+225 2251460
Fax
+225 22514602
Activities
The Convention for Cooperation in the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Atlantic Coast of the West, Central and Southern Africa Region (Abidjan Convention in short), it covers a marine area from Mauritania to South Africa which has a coastline of just over 14,000 km.
The Convention provides an overarching legal framework for all marine-related programmes in West, Central and Southern Africa.
