Desertification in Tanzania

          In Tanzania desertification is being found as a big problem. Tanzania is a very under-developed country, and it has been found that the least developed countries need assistance. They need to be getting the assistance from the developed world if they want their country to be okay. Recently in Tanzania; droughts, floods, windstorms, and desertification are more frequent than ever before. Another huge impact is food security is increasingly threatened because of failed harvests.
          Africa is been effected greatly by desertification, and not in a good way. In the image below it shows what areas have been hit by desertification. It's hard to read the key but it says that the darkest areas are now true desert. The middle color areas have an acute risk of desertification, and last the lightest color has a moderate to great risk or desertification. This image is a great way to see how desertification is growing and spreading throughout the continent.



          Some of Tanzania's major environmental issues include: soil degradation; deforestation; desertification; destruction of coral reefs threatens marine habitats; recent droughts affected marginal agriculture; and, wildlife threatened by illegal hunting and trade, especially for ivory. It is susceptible to flooding on the central plateau during the rainy season; and to drought. You can see in the satellite image below that parts of the country are very dry and brown, and lacking any vegetation. This country and other poor countries like Tanzania really need help basically saving their agriculture and land. Desertification only spreads, and it won't go away without a lot of help.