The combination of coastal development and climate change Morocco’s rural northeast coast is increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change – sea-level rise, storm surges and coastal flooding. People of the rural provinces of Nador and Berkane, between the Rif Mountains and the Mediterranean, depend on fishing, farming and livestock raising. Life here is
Malaria is increasing where temperatures are rising Recent years have seen outbreaks of malaria in highland areas of East Africa, where there is little experience of the disease. The relatively cool and breezy highlands of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda have long been free of malaria, being too cold for the mosquitoes. Temperatures in the East African
Important fisheries in decline? Coastal West Africa, from Mauritania to Guinea, benefits from a marine upwelling of nutrient-rich cold water that makes it one of the world’s most productive fishing zones. The fisheries sector is extremely important to both national and local economies – and to the food security of local people. But fish stocks
