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CHAPTER 2: Transboundary Environmental Issues
A cross Country Borders .................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.1: Transboundary Ecosystem s and Protected Areas .................................................................................................................41
Ecosystems and Protected Areas ........................................................................... 41
Transboundary Ecosystem s .......................................................................................................... ..... ................... 42
The Congo Basin Forests................................................................. . .. .... .... 42
Transboundary Protected A reas...................................................... ..............................................................43
Maasai Mara - Serengeti Protected Areas in East Africa ..............................................44
W-Arly-Pendjari Parks Complex .................................................................. . ... 45
The Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park........................................................... . ... 45
Mountain Gorilla Conservation in the Virunga Heartland...........................................46
Southern Sudan: A Survival Surprise ........................................................... . ... 46
2.2: Transboundary W ater Resources ................................................................................................................................................... 7
Transboundary River Basins.................................. ................ ................... 47
Lake Victoria: Africa's Largest Freshwater Lake .....................................................48
Historical water level elevations of Lake Victoria.............. .............................. 48
High population growth rate around Lake Victoria.................... ....... ...................48
Lake Victoria's Winam Gulf .....................................................................49
Water Hyacinth in Lake Victoria, 1995-2001..........................................50
Lake Chad: Africa's Shrinking Lake.............................................................. . ...52
Declining Water Levels in Lake Chad, 1972-2007.............. .............................. 53
Okavango: The World's Largest Inland Delta..............................................................56
2.3: Transboundary M ovem ent of People ......................................................................................................................................... 7
Conflicts and Refugees................................................................................ 57
Dadaab Refugee Camp................................................................... . .... ....... 58
The Parrot's Beak Region.................................................................. ..... ..... 59
Darfur Conflict .......................................... ......................................... 60
2.4: Transboundary Movement of Pollutants.................................................................................................................................. 61
Dust Storms and Fires................................................................................... 61
Dust storms ................................................................................. 62
Dust Storm in the Bodele Depression ............................................................... .. 62
Aerosols.................................................................................... 63
Smoke Spreading From Greece to Africa........................................................... . ... 63
F ire s .............................. 64............................................................................................................................ 6 4
Biomass Burning in Africa................................................................ .. .... ... 64
Seasonal Pattern of Wildland Fires............................................................... . ... 65
Carbon Monoxide Pollution: A Result of Biomass Burning......................................................66
Widespread Fires Release High Levels of CO....................................................... 66
Southern Africa: Hotspot for Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) ........... ....................................67
2.5: Conclusion................... ........................................................................................ 67
References ............................................................................ ......................... 68
CHAPTER 3: Tracking Progress Towards Environmental Sustainability
3.1 United Nations Millennium Development Goals-The Millennium Declaration ......................................... 73
3.2 Country Profiles and Images of Our Changing Environment ................ ....................... 76E p ilogu e ..................................354..................................................................................................................................................................................354
R eferen ces ...................................355................................................................................................................................................................................355
Acronyms and Abbreviations.......................................... .............. ................................................. 368
Annex I: Changes in MDG Goal 7: Environmental Sustainability Indicators .........................................................................369
About Remote Sensing Images and Aerial Photographs Used in this Publication ................................................................370
In d ex .............................371...............................................................................................................................................................................37 1
A ck n o w le d g em en ts ..................................................................................................................................................................... ..................... 3 7 3
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