African Union (AU)

1. African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) (UNEP, UNECA) (every two years) 2. Environment Initiative for the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) 3. African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Algiers Convention) 4. Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region (Nairobi Convention) 5. Convention for Cooperation in the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African Region (Abidjan Convention) 6. Lusaka Agreement on Co-operative Enforcement Operations Directed at Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora

Community of Sahel- Saharan States (CEN-SAD)

Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)
Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA)
League of Arab States
Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment (Jeddah Convention)
Protocol concerning Regional Cooperation in Combating Pollution by Oil and other Harmful Substances in Cases of Emergency

Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC)	CEMAC Environmental Action Plan
Conference of Ministers for the Forests of Central Africa (COMIFAC)	1. Summit of Head of States of Central Africa on the Conservation and Sustainable Management of the Forest Ecosystems 2. Congo Basin Forests Partnership 3. COMIFAC Convergence Plan
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)	1. Implementation of NEPAD Environmental Initiative 2. General policy on environment and natural resource management

East African Community (EAC)
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)
Nairobi Convention on the Protection and Management of the Coastal and Marine Environment of the Eastern African Region
Protocol concerning Protected Areas and Wild Fauna and Flora in the Eastern African Region
Protocol concerning Co-operation in Combating Marine Pollution in Cases of Emergency in the Eastern African Region

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
Common Policy to Improve the Environment (WAEMU)
Convention for Co-operation in the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African Region (Abidjan Convention)

Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)

1. SADC Regional Biodiversity Action Plan 2. The Protocol on Wildlife Conservation and Law Enforcement (1999)