The Impact of Climate Change on Sub-Sahara Africa

Produktbeschreibung

While global warming and its consequences on humanity are being fiercely debated at the global scale, deliberate and pragmatic reflections on the subject in Sub-Sahara Africa remain muted, though this phenomenon is negatively impacting the livelihoods of her people. The unprecedented degradation of her natural resources, i.e., water, biodiversity, and soils are seen to be intricately linked to her increasing inability to meet the basic needs of her people. This book examines how global climate change impacts on Sub-Sahara Africa, the measures and strategies that would be used in facing it and actions presently implemented in combating it. A pragmatic community/state engagement synergy on climate change mitigation initiatives that rewards best practices is critical to its success. Though investments in research, technical know-how, dedicated commitment and dissemination mechanisms would be inevitable to draw the continent from the precipice, the role of regulatory enforcement mechanisms and a legal framework addressing land use rights permissible within given landscapes is seen to be central to the success of this endeavor. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Uche C. Amalu: Foreword to this Volume - Chukwuemeka Christopher Opara: Climate change phenomenon: Causes, consequences, mitigation and some adaptation strategies in Nigeria - Gabriel O. Ihejirika: Awareness of the causes and environmental implications of climate change phenomena in select-countries of Sub-Saharan Africa - Amidu Owolabi Ayeni: Rainfall variabilities in Sub-Sahara Africa: Oberservations and implications in Ilorin, Southwest Nigeria - C. U. Oyegun: Global climate change impacts on Sub-Sahara Africa: The case of Nigeria's shorelines - Emmanuel Uzoma Onweremadu: Information and communication technologies for creating awareness of climate change phenomenon in Nigeria - Cyril Ifeanyi Duruigbo: Strategies adopted in preserving plant and animal species endangered by climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa - Cyprian Osinde/Bateganya Najib/Gastone Habarugaba: Global climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa: The situation in Karamoja sub-region, Uganda - Cyprian Osinde/Joseph Okello Onen: Adaptation measures taken to preserve animal species affected by climate change in Karamoja sub-region, Uganda - Etiosa Uyigue: Physical and economic consequences of climate change in select-countries of Sub-Sahara Africa - Emmanuel Uzoma Onweremadu: Sustaining endangered species in a period of climatic anomaly in Sub-Saharan Africa: Examples from Nigeria - A.O. Adeyina/O.A. Adeyina/T. R. Feyeye: Protection of animal species endangered by climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa - Ndenecho Emmanuel Neba/Lambi Cornelius Mbifung: Climate change and montane biodiversity management in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Study of the Cameroon highlands ecoregion - Bernard P. K. Yerima: Protective measures taken for preserving species endangered by climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case of Yongka Western Highlands Research Garden-Park, Nkwen-Bamenda, Nw Region, Cameroon. 

Autoreninfo

Chukwuemeka Christopher Opara was Lecturer in the Department of Soil Science and Technology in the School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (Nigeria) until his early death in 2010. Bernard Palmer Kfuban Yerima is Professor of Soil Science in the Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Science at the University of Dschang (Cameroon).