Environmental issues in Africa

African environmental problems be problems caused by de direct plus indirect  human impacts wey dey for de natural environment plus affect human den nearly all forms of life for Africa insyd.Issues dey include deforestation, soil degradation, air pollution, water pollution, coastal erosion, garbage pollution, climate change plus water scarcity(resulting for problems plus access give safe water supply plus sanitation)."Types of Environmental Issues: Meaning, Pollution, Videos, Examples". Toppr-guides. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

These issues result give environmental conflict plus dem dey connected to broader social struggle for democracy plus sovereignty.Obi, Cyril (2005). Environmental movements in sub-Saharan Africa : a political ecology of power and conflict. UN Research Institute for Social Development. OCLC 153316952. De scarcity wey dey dis climate adaption techniques for Africa dey make am de least resilient continent give climate change.

alt=Garbage and plastic waste in drainage channel in Butare town in Bushenyi District in Western Uganda|thumb|Garbage den plastic waste insyd drainage channel for Butare town, Bushenyi District insyd Western Uganda
alt=Plastic bags dumped by the road side in Katete in mbarara district in western Uganda|thumb|Plastic bags dem dump by de road side insyd Katete for Mbarara district wey dey western Uganda

 Air pollution 
De air for Africa be heavily polluted for various reasons, wey dey include primitive farming methods, deforestation, den combustion of wood den charcoal for cooking.Wood, T S; Baldwin, S (1985). "Fuelwood and Charcoal Use in Developing Countries". Annual Review of Energy. 10: 407–29. doi:10.1146/annurev.eg.10.110185.002203. De United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization dey estimate say large amounts of land be lost each year to agriculture, grazing, den fuelwood consumption. Insyd South Africa, high levels of mercury be major concern due to coal combustion den gold mining, wey dey result insyd mercury absorption for soil insyd, water, crops, animals, den ultimately, humans. Dis cycle of mercury contamination dey pose significant health risks give people insyd Africa den dey underscore de urgent need make dem address air pollution for de region insyd.

 Water scarcity 
Plastic pollution be significant issue give developing countries, wey dey lead to water contamination, stormwater disruption, plus increased disease transmission. Dem dey exacerbate dis problem secof cheap supply of plastic products plus inadequate waste management practices.

Some African countries dey receive plastic waste wey dey komot Global North. Dese nations dey take action by implementing plastic bans, wey go lead way give reduction  give single-use plastics.Lerner, Sharon (19 April 2020). "Africa's Exploding Plastic Nightmare: As Africa Drowns in Garbage, the Plastics Business Keeps Booming". The Intercept. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

 References 

 External links 

 Fleshman, Michael "Saving Africa's forests, the 'lungs of the world'" January 2008 United Nations

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Category:Environmental issues