Water availability in Africa under stress due to increasing population pressure and climate change.
http://www.grida.no/publications/vg/africa/page/3116.aspx
the image displays how Africa's annual precipitation is very low in most areas of Africa.
Africa's water resources are highly dependent on the climate. since there is very little precipitation, there is a very limited supply of water. this creates pressure on the human population of Africa. climate changes such as droughts will cause even more pressure to that issue as well. though those who are poor in Africa have it the worst as they cannot afford water or they don't have access to good clean water. the main reason that no one has water is because it isn't there for the majority of the people, only those in good areas or the rich (whicch is extremely rare). because of this, there will be many economical restraints in Africa as well.
i think that people should be more aware of this problem. it isn't fair for these people to be suffering when other people have the capability to help. the problem is that many people don't have the full picture. sure, they know that Africa is lacking the right amount of water, but no one really knows the extent to which that goes.
how could people help more?
why aren't people talking about this more?
do people find this issue to even be important?
I don't understand how so many people can be aware of this problem and nothing is being done about it. Water is one of the things most necessary to life and it's surprising that people would just let this go on. We waste wateer all the time by leaving our hoses and faucets running while people in these countries are dying from lack of clean water.
ReplyDeleteWhy isn't something being done about this?
Do you think people don't know, or just don't care?
How can this problem be fixed?