Africa: Climate for Change

December 05, 2012 from Earth Focus

Africa, a continent facing frequent droughts, is especially vulnerable to climate change. But Africans are finding innovative solutions. Creating a Climate for Change, a new film by Jeff Barbee, takes us on a journey through Southern Africa exploring local people-driven projects that help communities adapt to climate change and restore ecological systems.

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Climate change

Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions, or in the distribution of weather around the average conditions. Cli... Explore this topic

Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area

Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area on eteläisessä Afrikassa sijaitseva luonnonsuojelualue. Se on maailman toiseksi suurin kuivan maan luonnonsuojelualue Koillis-Grönlannin kansallispuisto jälkeen kattaen 440 000 neliökilometriä. Se vihittiin käyttöön keväällä 2012... Explore this topic

Water security

Water security has been defined as "the reliable availability of an acceptable quantity and quality of water for health, livelihoods and production, coupled with an acceptable level of water-related risks." It thus goes far beyond the limited definition sometimes used of "the ... Explore this topic

Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens refer to themselves as "Batswana", but many English-language sources use "Botswanan" instead. Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its... Explore this topic

Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country in Southern Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean and Luanda is its capital city. The exclave province ... Explore this topic

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although it does not border with Zi... Explore this topic

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. The capital is... Explore this topic

Subsistence agriculture

Subsistence agriculture is self-sufficiency farming in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families. The typical subsistence farm has a range of crops and animals needed by the family to feed and clothe themselves during the year. Planti... Explore this topic

Zambia

جمهوری زامبیا ‏ کشوری است واقع در مرکز متمایل به جنوب آفریقا، جنوب جمهوری دموکراتیک کنگو، شمال زیمباوه و شرق آنگولا. پایتخت زامبیا شهر لوساکا است. مساحت زامبیا ۷۵۲٬۶۱۸ کیلومتر مربع و جمعیت آن نزدیک به ۱۳ میلیون نفر است. جمعیت این کشور بیشتر در لوساکا و حومه و در استان «کمربند ... Explore this topic

Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most-populous continent. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers six percent of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4 percent of the total land area. With 1.0 billion people, it accounts for about 15% of... Explore this topic

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