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Angola: Rehabilitating Angola's Protected Coastal Areas

25 Apr 2013 | by coast.iwlearn.org
Ministry of Environment will work with the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to protect a 1.5 million hectare swathe of land known as Iona National Park, which forms part of a conservation area straddling the border with Namibia.

Luanda — In an important move to promote sustainable development across its national territory, the Government of Angola will step up its efforts to protect a vast natural area along the Atlantic coast.