Environment of Ivory Coast
The country of Côte d'Ivoire is located in West Africa.
Environment of Côte d'Ivoire
Protected areas
- Assagny National Park
- Banco National Park
- Comoé National Park
- Îles Ehotilés National Park
- Marahoué National Park
- Mont Nimba National Park
- Mont Péko National Park
- Mont Sângbé National Park
- Taï National Park
Treaties and international agreements
Côte d'Ivoire is party to these treaties:
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
- Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna
- Basel Convention on hazardous wastes
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
- Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter
- Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty on nuclear testing
- Montreal Protocol on ozone depletion
- MARPOL 73/78 on ship pollution
- International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983
- International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
- Ramsar Convention on wetland conservation
Environmental issues
Historic
The 2006 Côte d'Ivoire toxic waste spill was a health crisis in which Trafigura illegally dumped toxic waste in up to 12 sites around the country's largest city, Abidjan, in August 2006.
Current
Palm oil is one of the commodities exported by Côte d'Ivoire and the plantations have an environmental impact. Palmci, the main palm oil company, said that environmentalists had caused it to abandon plans for a palm oil plantation in the Tanoe forest wetlands.[1]