Ensure Environmental Stability
Environmental management has taken a centre stage in Swaziland. The number of projects that have been subjected to environmental assessment has increased from 55 in 2000 to 204 in 2006. The integration of environmental issues into national development has seen the waste management licenses and special waste licenses increasing from 1 to 7 and 1 to 2 respectively over the past five years. However, waste disposal and management remains a key challenge.
Progress has also been made in the provision of clean drinking water and slum upgrading. The number of people without clean drinking water is urban areas has decreased from 37 percent in 2000 to 21 percent in 2005 and there has been an increase in the slum upgrading beneficiaries from 21000 in 2005 to 41 000 beneficiaries in 2007. In rural water supply, 42% of the rural populace had been served safe drinking water since 1990. In 2006, the proportion of rural population with access to safe drinking water has increased to 54%.
The challenge remains in waste disposal management, climatic change and law enforcement.
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