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DOI: THE IMPACT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC FOR LAKE CHAD BASIN COMMISSION IN SUB SAHARA REGION
Dr Umar Mohammed Ali , City University Cambodia Africa Campus, Lecturer Department of Business Management, CambodiaAbstract
This study is carrying out the objective of socio-economic impacts for lake Chad basin Commision , these impacts include damages exerted on the natural environment, accessibility to sites, provision of infrastructural facilities and the overall success/failure of the Commision programme. This study reveal the implementation of existing framework of SEIA in order to ensure that local people and other interests are effectively represented in the lake Chad basin Commision.
The Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC or CBLT in French) is an intergovernmental organization that oversees water and other natural resource usage in the basin. There are eight member governments—i.e., Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Algeria, the Central African Republic, Libya, and Sudan—chosen for their proximity to Lake Chad.
The organization's secretariat is located in N'Djamena, Chad. The LCBC is Africa's oldest river or lake-basin organization. In its founding document (the Convention and Statutes relating to the Development of the Chad Basin) the parties commit themselves to a shared use of the basin's natural resources. It is a member of the International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO).
Keywords
Lake Chad, Commision, socio-economic
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