Burkina Faso - Hazards and risks  The vulnerability of West
African countries such as Burkina Faso is likely to increase as
demand on natural resources continue to rise in association with
a rapidly growing population. Global climate change and its
impact on the environment will contribute to aggravating this
situation. Climate projections for the region indicate
increasing weather extremes. The disaster management agencies in
the region have to adapt to the increasing number of natural
disasters, ranging between the extremes of drought and flood.
Secondary impacts triggered by environmental conditions, such as
locust plagues, additionally deteriorate the living conditions
and food security of the local population. Especially in climate
sensitive regions, where rain-fed and irrigated agriculture is
the main source of food security and income, concerns about the
variability in rainfall, its temporal and spatial distribution,
must be taken very seriously. This seems to be particularly true
of West Africa where