A big source of the gases such as methane, CO2, and nitrogen come from the manure and soil that Ghanians are using to make luscious farms.
Another source is coming from deforestation and burning of the fields in Ghana to help not only get money for the wood of trees they cut down for many sources, but as well as make new land to increase future farmlands. When deforestation or burning happens it gives the soil a time to turnover and with the rich soils, gives a chance to keep food production running for the people of Ghana.As a way to stop with the deforestation, Ghana has enforced A Forest Protection Scenario where there will be surveillance and protection on the permanent forests and wild life reserves. The FPA also will help Ghanians take appreciation for the land they haven't destroyed it, it also protects parts of land that can't be cut down. Because of the FPA, this has saved and protected over 1 million ha of trees from being deforested. With more trees to take in the increased amount of CO2, Ghana can somewhat balance their emissions levels.
Also through studies, Ghana has estimated that the amount of available water will decrease as the increase for water and population grows. From research, it is estimated that the by the year 2020 and 2050, their source of hydropower energy will decrease due to the lower amounts of water needed to proficiently work it. Due to industrial and agricultural need for water, Ghana has estimated that the vulnerability for water is going to worsen.
Table 3.1 Combined availability-use criterion of Vulnerability
As you can see, in the future, lots of parts of Ghana are going to suffer.
As a way to adapt to the decrease of the water, Ghana has found ways of adaption for the Supply and Demand sections involved.
Supply: Ghanians are encouraged to realize the scarcity of water supply, and to limit themselves. When it comes to the dry season, they will start using limited amounts of ground water v.s surface water just because the surface water. Some people may even migrate from water stressed areas to less water stressed areas. This can include people moving into cities where there are actual pipe lines that transport safe water to citizens. Though this will increase population in the city, it will be a way to adapt with the increased supply of water needed by people.
Demand: As a way to adapt to the demand of water use, Ghanians have learned that when it comes to farming, to try to use less, when it comes to drinking, for those who can afford a water holding tank, then to use it. In the future, Ghanians will need to be educated on how to proficiently adapt and limit their water limitations. Some new infrastructure will also be built to help maintain the right amount and pressure of water used. They must know that when a pipe bursts or if anything were to happen, it needs to be fixed immediately, but in case it becomes hard to fix right away, with their knowledge on harvesting and saving water, they'll be better prepared when their water supply lessons.
Demand: As a way to adapt to the demand of water use, Ghanians have learned that when it comes to farming, to try to use less, when it comes to drinking, for those who can afford a water holding tank, then to use it. In the future, Ghanians will need to be educated on how to proficiently adapt and limit their water limitations. Some new infrastructure will also be built to help maintain the right amount and pressure of water used. They must know that when a pipe bursts or if anything were to happen, it needs to be fixed immediately, but in case it becomes hard to fix right away, with their knowledge on harvesting and saving water, they'll be better prepared when their water supply lessons.
Africa, will of course be hot and dessert like, so they need to find a way to continue to survive in the dessert like settings, when lands are dried out, when they are in a drought. "In Africa, biotechnology research could also yield tremendous benefits if it leads to drought- and pest-resistant rice, drought-tolerant maize and insect-resistant millet, sorghum and cassava, among other crops (ECA, 2002)." I thought it was really cool to learn that there are pest resistant rice and drought-tolerant maize, as well as insect-resistant food. It's like their super food, just to be able to walk through the dessert and still see vegitagtion blooming would be awesome. Thankfully for the biotechnology, this will help keep the population fed, and work for farmers last longer. Fortunately, with this technology, they have also have food that can grow in the dry times, as well as some that grow when the grounds are wet, because of this, Ghana can provide food to the citizens all year long.
Info located at Adaption Practices
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Source: Kyoto Protocol
4) According to an article by the Department of Economics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, I have across, it said "While mitigation works to reduce emissions before the process of climate change sets in adaptation seeks to reduce the impact after climate change has occurred", and to me, I feel that Ghana as well as every other country should mitigate AND adapt. Why wouldn't you try to avoid an issue before it happens, rather then scrambling to try new ways to fix an issue. This same article states that, "Developing countries seem to favour adaptation to climate change rather than mitigation since they consider their emissions insignificant and would rather strengthen their economies against the adverse effects of climate change". Now because of their view on how to handle their problems, they don't realize that even if they only use adaption techniques rather then mitigation, there are some problems that will happen that will be irreversible and permanent. For example you deforest Ghana, well I guess now you've got tons of CO2 floating around, well solution is to build more trees; but what if you ran out of water? Rather than trying to learn to conserve it now, what are you going to do when it's all gone and there's no where else to find water?
Thankfully, I feel Ghana is doing both, and I'm glad they are, they're being smart with the future climate changes, and because they are, they'll be better off when it finally comes. It even helps that they have adapted the Kyoto Protocol, with that already, though they do not have as much CO2 emissions as the US, is off to a great start already.
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