Regional Information-
Capital CityLuanda
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Regional Relationshipsmany Cabindan separatists have returned to the province from exile since the 2006 ceasefire and peace agreement; concerns from international experts and local populations over the Okavango Delta ecology in Botswana and human displacement scuttled Namibian plans to construct a hydroelectric dam at Popavalle (Popa Falls) along the Angola-Namibia border
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Environmental: Goals/Challenges/Agreements
Challenges
Overuse of pastures and subsequent soil erosion attributable to population pressures; desertification; deforestation of tropical rain forest, in response to both international demand for tropical timber and to domestic use as fuel, resulting in loss of biodiversity; soil erosion contributing to water pollution and siltation of rivers and dams; inadequate supplies of potable water
International Agreements
Party to:Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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Humanitarian Projects -
Native Languages Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages
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Climate Semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April)
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