Editorial: the policy-in-practice nexus

• Main Authors: Lotz-Sisitka, Heila 1965-, Obol, Charles, Nhamo, Godwell
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa 2003
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/67389; https://www.ajol.info/index.php/sajee/article/view/122661/112205

publisher version === Environmental policy development and implementation has become a ‘hot topic’ in southern Africa, following global imperatives for countries around the world to articulate their intentions to become more sustainable through public policy. Many policies in the region have been developed with the support of large scale donor funding. Much of the funding is often allocated to policy development processes rather than policy implementation processes, and many countries have experienced ‘gaps’ between policy intention and policy playing out in the field. Recently the Southern African Development Community’s Regional Environmental Education Programme (SADC REEP) appointed an environmental education policy advisor to influence regional policy (our Guest Editor, Charles Obol).This edition of the journal, funded by SADC REEP, aims to provide perspective on the policy-in-practice nexus in southern Africa.