Africa: Environmental Issues (SS7G7abc)
Issue
Cause(s)
Effect(s)
Not enough water for
irrigation
Problems with trade
Problems with industry
Not enough clean
drinking water
Desertification
Deforestation:
Infrastructure:
Slash & Burn:
lack of economic
diversity.
Poverty is a huge barrier
to access to water and
sanitation
If the water is not clean you can get deseases
overgrazing
Deforestation Farming
Practice
are all causes of
densification
Desertification has caused major environmental
and socioeconomic problems in many arid and
semiarid areas of the world
agricultural expansion,
wood extraction e.g.,
logging or wood harvest
for domestic fuel or
charcoal
The loss of trees and other vegetation can cause
climate change, desertification, soil erosion, fewer
crops, flooding, increased greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere, and a host of problems for indigenous
people.
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