south sudan, the sahel region

Sahel region conditions

June-September is wet season
30-40˚C
5.4million km2
60 million people
165mm rainfall per year
Harmattan winds

Rate of desertification in the present

5-6km per year- v fast and sahara is moving south

Rate of desertification in the future

Temps rising 1.5% faster in the Sahel than the rest of the world- getting hotter faster than anywhere

Cause of desertification in the present

Landlocked country
1/2 of population live in this region
40% increase in population in last 11 years
11 year drought
Commercial farming mover 200km north into region - more deforestation + overgrazing/ over cultivation
Deforestation- 548 million acacia trees cut down each year

Cause of desertification in the future

Climate change

Impacts of desertification in the present

More resources needed
More farming- soil exhaustion
Erratic weather
Water demand increased
More capillary action

Mitigation of desertification in Sahel region

African great green wall (global top down) sequesters and stores carbon - reduces migration - weird dynamics and increases jobs
Launched in 2007
8000km of plants east to west Africa
NGO funding
$8 billion spent so far from core economies but not much progress has been made
However: political co-operation is tough in peripheral economies leads to social and economic knock on benefits

Adaptation

Burkina Faso magic stones (bottom up)
Low cost
Works with climate change
Locals can implement

Sahel region conditions

June-September is wet season
30-40˚C
5.4million km2
60 million people
165mm rainfall per year
Harmattan winds

Rate of desertification in the present

5-6km per year- v fast and sahara is moving south

Rate of desertification in the future

Temps rising 1.5% faster in the Sahel than the rest of the world- getting hotter faster than anywhere

Cause of desertification in the present

Landlocked country
1/2 of population live in this region
40% increase in population in last 11 years
11 year drought
Commercial farming mover 200km north into region - more deforestation + overgrazing/ over cultivation
Deforestation- 548 million acacia trees cut down each year

Cause of desertification in the future

Climate change

Impacts of desertification in the present

More resources needed
More farming- soil exhaustion
Erratic weather
Water demand increased
More capillary action

Mitigation of desertification in Sahel region

African great green wall (global top down) sequesters and stores carbon - reduces migration - weird dynamics and increases jobs
Launched in 2007
8000km of plants east to west Africa
NGO funding
$8 billion spent so far from core economies but not much progress has been made
However: political co-operation is tough in peripheral economies leads to social and economic knock on benefits

Adaptation

Burkina Faso magic stones (bottom up)
Low cost
Works with climate change
Locals can implement