Lake Chad: Sharing a Diminishing Resource?
In many countries of the African continent, access to enough good-quality water has long been a challenge, which the Anthropocene is exacerbating in many regions. One case study focused on Lake Chad, a central feature in the livelihoods and economies of several countries that border the dwindling lake. Local and regional pressures have always been a challenge, and have triggered adaptive strategies, but the new stress of diminishing rainfall in the Anthropocene is deepening this challenge.
- contributionMaria Isabel Pérez Ramos
Lake Chad Narratives
Human beings define me as a shallow and enclosed lake, but I am not like most other lakes. I’m located at the center of what they call the African continent, between sand and trees.
- contributionUche Okpara
Too Little Water: The Lake Chad Story
Lake Chad, in the arid and semi-arid Sahel corridors of west Central Africa, represents one of Africa’s greatest life forces. The lake’s water-based, life-supporting services support an integrated small-scale economy made up of agricultural livelihoods, and provide a lifeline to over 30 million people in four countries (Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria).
Case Study, Water, Infrastructure
