The potential of human induced surface changes such as deforestation and land-use change in altering the local natural environment conditions have been noted in recent years. There is general agreement that these changes in the tropics have lead to a net release of C to the atmosphere in the range of 1.1 to 1.2 pq cy-1.In most parts of Zambia, land -use activities such as deforestation are a major threat to the natural environment and can significant modify the climate. It is estimated that that about 200,000 ha forests are destroyed every year in Northern province of Zambia due to some traditional farming locally known as Chitemene. This is a semi -shifting cultivation, which involves temporary or permanent clearance of the forest for agriculture or other purpose. Although the practice is slowly dying out as the campaign for moderm farming intensifies, the destruction made to the natural forest for many years has had a significant contribution to large scale deforestation and global warming.The purpose of this study is to investigate the marked climatic change that has occurred over Northern Zambia ecosystems both in rainfall and temperature parameters for the past decades. Climatological data of temperature and rainfall during the period 1960 through 2003 for five stations were considered. The result generally showed increased temperature over the decades and decrease in rainfall.The paper is illustrated with tables and figures that complete the information.
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