The change in rainfall patterns has a huge impact on Kenya because 98% of the countrys agriculture is rain-fed. Agriculture also accounts for 70% of the workforce and about 25% of the annual GDP.
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Lessons From Cameroon On Community Forests: Some Successes, Yes, But 78% Have Failed
About 40% of Cameroon is covered in forest. Over about 25 years, 3 million hectares of its 22 million hectare forests have been cleared. That is about the size of Belgium.
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Aerial view of Bargny, Senegal. Inhabitants say in the last couple of decades, the water eroded more than 200 meters of coast. (Photo/Vincent Tremeau/World Bank).
West Africa’s Coast Is Losing Over $3.8 Billion A Year To Erosion, Flooding And Pollution
West Africas coastal areas host about one third of the regions population and generate 56% of its GDP.
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Fires on Mount Kenya are a regular occurrence. (Photo/BBC).
This Year Over 100 Forest Fires Have Been Reported In Mount Kenya, But A Really Big Is Raging Now: Why It’s Burning And How They Can Be Stopped
The majority of fires on Mount Kenya are caused by peoplewhen they clear land with fire for domestic animal grazing, to gather honey, for cannabis cultivation and charcoal production.
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Largest cholera vaccination drive in history underway in Africa. (Photo/UN).
Two Million People In 5 African Countries To Be Protected In Largest Cholera Vaccine Drive In History
Between 1997 and 2012, just 1.5 million doses of cholera vaccines were used worldwide. In 2017 almost 11 million were used, from Sierra Leone to Bangladesh. So far in 2018, over 15 million doses have been approved