[DEBATE] : (Fwd) Africa's environment ever more despoiled

[Riaz K Tayob]

Thanks patrick the link is:
http://www.unep.org/dewa/africa/AfricaAtlas/PDF/en/Africa_Atlas_Full_en.pdf

Patrick Bond wrote:
> The Mercury
>
> Death of a lake
>
> June 12, 2008 Edition 1
>
> Tony Carnie
>
> STARK visual evidence showing the steady degradation of Africa's rich 
> natural resources has been presented to some of the continent's most 
> senior environmental custodians.
>
> More than 300 satellite photographs, some going back almost 40 years, 
> clearly illustrate a steady deterioration of the natural environment 
> which is visible from the sky.
>
> Contained in the new publication Africa: Atlas of Our Changing 
> Environment, the before-and-after images show a 50% decline in 
> glaciers and snow cover in the Ruwenzori mountains of Uganda between 
> 1987 and 2003, as well as a significant loss of snow on Kilimanjaro, 
> Africa's highest mountain.
>