The emergence of environmental problems within the framework of the Lomé Conventions

*Emmanuel Kamyoyo (Cameroon), Leiden University, Faculty of Law.

The Lomé Conventions are development cooperation agreements between the European Union and countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP countries). At the beginning, these conventions were first targeted at economic development of ACP countries through their cooperation with the EEC. The most recent Lomé IV Convention confirms environmental protection as one of the fields of ACP-EU cooperation. Emmanuel Kamyoyo, a lawyer from Cameroon, focuses on the questions why, how and to what extent are environmental problems integrated within the framework of the Lomé IV Convention, and what are the implications for the sovereignty of ACP countries and the progress of international environmental law. Special attention will be paid to the directions given in the Lomé IV Convention to trade and commercial aspects.