Natural resources abundant in Africa include minerals, oil, gas, forests, and arable land. It is home to a sizeable fraction of the world's mineral reserves, including those for gold, platinum, diamonds, uranium, and chromium. The African economy depends heavily on the resource sector for ...
Major Grasslands of the World - Large tracts of ground covered with grasses and other herbaceous plants are referred to as grasslands, prairies, or savannas. These habitats, which can be found in various parts of the world, are renowned for their distinc
Assessing Environmental Conditions of Major River Basins in Africa as Surrogates for Watershed Healthdoi:10.1046/j.1526-0992.1999.09945.xThere is a growing recognition of the importance of transboundary shared natural resources. However, with limited resources, international policymakers need to be able ...
aWell endowed with natural resources, Ghana has twice the per capita output of the poorer countries in West Africa. Ghana, known for its gold in colonial times, remains one of the world's top gold producers. Other exports such as cocoa, timber, electricity, diamond, bauxite, and manganese ...
THE PROLIFERATION OF SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS IN AFRICA : A CASE STUDY OF THE NIGER DELTA IN NIGERIA The objectives of this research are to diagnose the causes of the spread of small arms and light weapons in Africa in general and the Niger Delta in particular; to determine the effects...
Sub-Saharan Africa is under-represented in global biodiversity datasets, particularly regarding the impact of land use on species’ population abundances. Drawing on recent advances in expert elicitation to ensure data consistency, 200 experts were conve
Center for Soil Biogeochemistry and Microbial Ecology, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA Serita D. Frey Soil and Crop Sciences Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA Johannes Lehmann, Lifen Ji...
several regions, in particular Africa, still faceamajor challengeinprotecting natural resources and endangered species. daccess-ods.un.org daccess-ods.un.org 尽管通 过了许多全球和区域协定打击非法和犯罪行为,22 但研究表明,一些区域,特别 是非洲,保护自然资源和濒于灭绝的物种工作依然面临重大挑战。
Equatorial Guinea has an estimated 1.1 billion barrels of recoverable reserves and boasts the first deepwater field brought online in West Africa. The giant Zafiro field was discovered in 1995 by ExxonMobil and Ocean Energy. It is located northwest of Bioko island, and it contained the bulk of...
the mighty Yangtze is the largest and longest river in China, surpassed only by the Nile of Africa and the Amazon of South America.It originates from the Tuotuo River on the southwestern side of the snow-draped Geladandong, flowing from west to east through 9 provinces and city of Shanghai...