Environmental Concerns in Africa EQ: HOW HAS AFRICA DEALT WITH THE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OF POLLUTION, DEFORESTATION, AND DESERTIFICATION?

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1 Environmental Concerns in Africa EQ: HOW HAS AFRICA DEALT WITH THE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OF POLLUTION, DEFORESTATION, AND DESERTIFICATION?

2 Environmental Concerns Foldable You have a 3-flap foldable with these labels: 1. Pollution 2. Deforestation 3. Desertification Outside: Write the definition and draw a quick, colorful sketch of each environmental concern. Inside: Write the causes, effects, and solutions for each environmental concern.

3 OUTSIDE: Definition COLORFUL sketch/drawing of each environmental concern.

4 INSIDE LEFT: Causes

5 Effects: Solutions: INSIDE RIGHT: Effects Solutions Effects: Solutions: Effects: Solutions:

6 POLLUTION Definition: Occurs when humanmade products or waste negatively alters the natural environment.

7 Trash left in an open field, harmful chemicals released into the air by a factory, and industrial waste flowing into a natural water supply are all forms of pollution.

8 Causes Nile River (Egypt): Used for water, transportation, & hydroelectricity: 1. Overpopulation 2. Industrial Waste & Chemical Fertilizers Aswan High Dam as an irrigation system has caused farmers to use chemical fertilizers.

9 Causes Niger River (Sahel Region): Used for transportation & Oil Delta : 1. Petroleum production

10 Causes Congo River (Rainforest): Used for water, transportation, & fishing: 1. Heavily traveled 2. Human & Industrial Waste

Effects Water Wars Nile River: Ethiopia, Sudan, & Egypt. Growing populations & growing water needs. The Niger River supplies the dry Sahel area before flowing into Nigeria.

12 Effects Water Wars Nile River: Ethiopia, Sudan, & Egypt. Growing populations & growing water needs. The Niger River supplies the dry Sahel area before flowing into Nigeria. As more water is used upstream, countries farther down river have less access. Increase in agriculture = greater water needs = less access to water Poor Sanitation Disease/Death

13 THE SILENT CRISIS

14 Solutions Clean water programs & EDUCATION Underground freshwater wells LifeStraw Ventilation Latrine System to improve basic sanitation. ***Governments ignore because they want their industries to be profitable!***

15 Ventilated Latrine

16 The Poo Song (Really.)

17 Pooooo, poooooo. Pooooo This is a song about poo; I know the word is taboo. Don t make a hullabaloo; it s something all of us do.

18 But if you haven t a loo, then it s a problem for you. Which is why we have to do this song about poo.

19 Talk about an education, we know all about hygiene. No more squatting by the roadside, you have to dig a VIP latrine.

20 A Ventilation ImProvement, that s the type we require. With a plastic pipe to catch the flies in a bowl of ash from the fire.

21 Dad, we don t live in a zoo; you can t just doodoodoodoo. Hey Dad, we re talking to you, and the other dads, too.

22 Nobody will come to our house; all the kids will shout and weep: My Dad s cleaner than your dad! Cause we haven t got a VIP.

23 Daddy, we re now talking dirty; we agree and so does Mom. You should build a latrine And we ll all be so clean and It will stop the pain in your bum. OOOH!!

24 That was our song about poo; it s over, finished and through. It s time to bid it adieu. But if we made a CD. In a week it would be..

25 Number TWOoooooooo! Phew!

26 Super Hygiene Team

27 Environmental Concerns in Africa EQ: HOW HAS AFRICA DEALT WITH THE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OF POLLUTION, DEFORESTATION, AND DESERTIFICATION?

28 DEFORESTATION Definition: the process of forests being destroyed for human development.

30 Causes: 1. Commercial Logging for $$$ 2. Agriculture 3. Fuel/Firewood 4. Buildings/Shelter 5. War 6. Mining

31 Commercial Logging for $$$

32 Agriculture

33 Fuel/Firewood

34 Buildings/Shelter

35 War

36 Mining

37 Effects: 1. Desertification 2. Infertile Soil 3. Famine/Conflict 4. Loss of Habitats 5. Flooding/Mudslides 6. Climate Change 7. Soil Erosion

38 Desertification

39 Desertification

40 Infertile Soil

41 Famine/Conflict

42 Famine/Conflict

43 Famine/Conflict

44 Flooding/Mudslides

45 Soil Erosion

46 Environmental Effects: Less trees = less oxygen. Meanwhile, the amount of carbon dioxide in the air increases. Less rainforests = fewer medicines. About one-fourth of all medicines people use come from rainforest plants.