increases of disease due to mosquitos and pests living in plastics. Plastic mismanagement is both a combination of cheap supply by all kinds of manufacturers, for example by providing much needed access to water through bottled water and water sachets, and poor management of the waste after use. Some locations in Africa have also been the sourcing of dumping plastic waste from the Global North. Some governments are responding, and the continent leads the rest of the world in plastic bans which reduced allowed use and manufacture of single use plastics such as plastic bags and food serving tools. See also African Environment (bulletin) Africover (UN project) AFR100 Environmental issues in the Niger Delta Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People Further reading Globalization and Environmental Conflict in Africa Environmental Conflict in Africa Environmental impacts and causes of conflict in the Horn of Africa: A review References Hillstrom, Kevin, and Laurie Collier Hillstrom. The Worlds environments. a continental overview of environmental issues. Santa Barbara, CA, ABC-CLIO, 2003. External links Fleshman, Michael "Saving Africa’s forests, the ‘lungs of the world’" January 2008 United Nations Africa