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Natural Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa : Assets and Vulnerabilities

Holmberg, Johan
ISBN-10: 9171066241
ISBN-13: 9789171066244

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Africa is rich in oil and mineral resources, but has severe shortages of water and suffers from an accelerating pressure on its arable land and forests. Climate change is expected to cause major problems for African populations with an increase of water stress and severely compromised agricultural production.

Local food supplies will be negatively affected and, towards the end of the 21st century, a rising sea level will affect low-lying coastal areas. The report argues that the poorest countries are most vulnerable to climate change and that Africa is particularly exposed. Sweden should consider full integration of climate change adaptation strategies in its development cooperation with African partners. This will likely mean that some existing priorities will be further accentuated, such as needs to provide water and sanitation services to the poor, raising agricultural productivity, and curbing deforestation.

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Executive summary	p. 7
Purpose and outline	p. 9
Climate change: impacts and vulnerabilities	p. 10
Predicting African climate	p. 10
The IPCC estimate of climate change in Africa	p. 10
Water resources	p. 11
Agriculture and food security	p. 11
Human health	p. 12
Biodiversity	p. 13
Forests and woodlands	p. 13
Coastal zone and marine areas	p. 14
Climate change as a security threat	p. 14
Natural disasters and migration patterns	p. 15
Economic development	p. 16
Four dimensions of natural resource development	p. 17
Water scarcity	p. 17
Water stress	p. 17
Water supply and sanitation basic services	p. 18
Transboundary water resources	p. 19
Water and food security	p. 20
Energy supply	p. 20
The role of biomass	p. 20
Electricity from hydropower and hydrocarbons	p. 21
The potential for renewable energy	p. 22
Land use	p. 23
Land degradation and desertification	p. 23
Forests and deforestation	p. 24
Oil and mineral resources	p. 26
Reserves of oil and gas	p. 26
The 'oil curse'	p. 27
Other mineral resources	p. 28
Agriculture and employment	p. 30
The role and performance of agriculture	p. 30
Livestock	p. 31
Fisheries	p. 32
Causes of stagnating agricultural productivity	p. 32
Technology and research	p. 33
Foreign trade	p. 33
Employment	p. 34
Foreign aid	p. 35
Vulnerability and adaptation strategies	p. 36
Mainstreaming climate change adaptation	p. 36
Adaptation requirements	p. 36
Investment in infrastructure, including energy and transboundary water	p. 37
Raising agricultural productivity: adaptation strategies by smallholders	p. 38
Raising agricultural productivity: the role of research	p. 39
Water and sanitation	p. 39
Principal actors and Sweden's role	p. 41
External and internal actors active in natural resources	p. 41
Sweden's role: some suggestions	p. 44
Bibliography	p. 48
List of Boxes
Predicted agricultural productivity losses resulting from climate change	p. 12
Loss of African biodiversity	p. 13
Impact of sea level rise	p. 14
Africa's water challenges	p. 17
The importance of water for achievement of MDGs	p. 18
Potential hydropower development in SSA	p. 22
"Poverty-rife Angola emerges as an oil giant"	p. 26
Oil and bad governance in Nigeria	p. 27
Success in combating desertification in Burkina Faso	p. 39
"Knowing which way wind blows: handful of nations get most subsidies"	p. 43
Integration of adaptation strategies in development cooperation	p. 44
List of Tables
Reserves of oil and natural gas, selected countries	p. 26
Share of agriculture in total GDP, selected countries	p. 30
Per capita agricultural production index, selected countries	p. 31
Economically active population in agriculture	p. 35
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Edition:	2009
Publisher:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
Binding:	Trade Paper
Pages:	52
Size:	6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight:	0.24 lbs.
Language:	English

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