When referring to Africa, many people think of poverty, hunger and war. The fact is that the African continent, which contains many countries, is rich in resources as well as market and business opportunities and is thriving with hope. In recent years, an increase in political stability, steady development of an economic foundation, continued improvement in the investment environment, and preferential investment policy reform, the international community is optimistic about many of the multinational groups known as the African “investment in the world’s last frontier”.

This has also allowed foreign investors to obtain substantial economic returns in a relatively untapped market. The objectives of the international investors and corporations are to yield profitable returns from Africa.

International investments and international capital flow are an important forum for investors to obtain a certain degree of economic efficiency and capital investment in foreign economic activities. With the economic development and living environment of human contradictions between become increasingly acute, as the human social problems faced by one of the three major environmental problems began to touch on all aspects of economic life, become a global problem. Therefore, environmental protection has gradually been put on the national and the international community’s agenda. In respect to investments the field, whether international, national, environment (the natural environment of the host country) are the protection of the host country to attract foreign investment in the course of an important factor to consider.” Environmental issues of the international investment are increasingly becoming an important aspect of the field.

The governments in many African countries are beginning to realize the importance of environmental protection; realizing that a development strategy must be put in place to limit the pollution of some industries and companies. This will insure on the one hand, the living environment of local residents, and on the other hand, guarantee long-term sustainability of the national economies and stable development.

This article is divided into three parts, the first part introduces the human geography of Africa along with the natural resources and environment as to present the abundance of the mainland; The first part of the body through the analysis of international investment activities and the natural environment interactions, indicating that environmental protection is important to promote the role of international investment and to emphasize how international investments should be strengthened to protect the natural environment. The second section portrays how, through the presentation of the African Environmental Protection Act and a number of legislative actions, the current total investment in Africa is based on the rule of law and environmental protection status. The final section deals with how the international community introduced the legislation on environmental protection, and focuses on China and Africa in recent years between investment and environmental protection cooperation. In conclusion, an analysis of investments in African countries to apply the environmental protection laws and they should pay attention to some problems, expound the Environmental Protection Legal Measures of  the process of utilization of foreign capital in African countries.

Keywords: Environmental law in Africa; Investment law in Africa;

Environmental protection; China