World Enivironmental Issues Brief

  • LARGE AREAS SUBJECT TO OVERPOPULATION
  • INDUSTRIAL DISASTERS
  • POLLUTION (air, water, acid rain, toxic substances)
  • LOSS OF VEGETATION (overgrazing, deforestation, desertification)
  • LOSS OF WILDLIFE
  • SOIL DEGRADATION
  • SOIL DEPLETION
  • EROSION
  • GLOBAL WARMING

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Ghana

— Current Environmental Issues —
recurrent drought in north severely affects agricultural activities; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching and habitat destruction threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water

— Health Indicators —
HIV / AIDS prevalancy rate: 3.1
Fertility Rate: 3.9
Infant Mortality Rate: 53.6
Life Expectancy at Birth: Male: 58.3
Life Expectancy at Birth: Female: 60.0
Life Expectancy at Birth: Total Population: 59.1

— Population —
Population Total: 22,931,299
Population Growth Rate: 2.0

— Economic Indicators —
GDP Real Growth Rate: 5.7
Military Expendatures Percent of GDP: 0.8
Unemployment Rate: 20.0
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 10.9
GDP Per Capita PPP: 2,600
Population Below Poverty Line: 31
    (Definitions of poverty vary considerably among nations.)

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Bordering country: Burkina Faso
Bordering country: Togo

— Background —
Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of Ghanas third constitution in 1981 and a ban on political parties. A new constitution, restoring multiparty politics, was approved in 1992. Lt. Jerry RAWLINGS, head of state since 1981, won presidential elections in 1992 and 1996, but was constitutionally prevented from running for a third term in 2000. John KUFUOR, who defeated former Vice President John ATTA-MILLS in a free and fair election, succeeded him.