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Title: Port Sudan hosts the largest sea freight terminal in the country
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: Port Sudan typifies the situation for marine resources in Sudan: economic development is occurring at the expense of the environment, and the surrounding lagoons are suffering from land-based pollution and modification due to the indiscriminate building of infrastructure.

Keywords: environmental management, Port Sudan, Red Sea state, coastal protection, marine resources

Title: The \"Green Port\" extension to the Port Sudan harbour is going ahead in an area surrounded by seagrass beds and coral reefs
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: It is now necessary to focus on planning port operations to minimize ongoing impacts.

Keywords: environmental protection, Coastal and arid region mountain ranges, Coastline, Coastline and islands, Port Sudan, Red Sea state, coastal protection, coral reefs, marine resources

Title: The Port Sudan landfill is located at the head of a seasonal watercourse
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: Every wet season, the run-off draws pollution from the site to the coastal lagoons

Keywords: Coastline, Coastline and islands, Port Sudan, Red Sea state, coastal protection, pollution control, pollution sources, landfill/dumpsite, solid waste management, waste management

Title: Young men on duty on national service picking up litter from the tidal lagoons of Port Sudan
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: The level of interest in the environment in Red Sea state is among the highest in all of Sudan

Keywords: Coastline, Coastline and islands, Port Sudan, Red Sea state, coastal protection, pollution sources, solid waste management, waste disposal, waste management

Title: Reverse osmosis units separate seawater into two streams: freshwater for consumption and a high salinity effluent
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: Coastal and arid region mountain ranges, Coastline, Port Sudan, Red Sea state, saline waters, pollution control, technology

Title: This lagoon in the centre of Port Sudan is already burdened with urban pollution and shoreline development
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: Unless a solution for the saline effluent is found, the lagoon is expected to become a biologically dead zone

Keywords: environmental protection, Coastal and arid region mountain ranges, Coastline, Coastline and islands, Port Sudan, Red Sea state, coastal protection, saline waters, pollution control, pollution sources

Title: IDP camp residents told UNEP that they would rather remain in the Port Sudan area than return home
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: internally displaced people, refugees, Port Sudan, Red Sea state, human settlements, education, livelihoods

Title: In towns without sewage plants, septic waste tankers empty their loads on the city outskirts
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Description: In this case, sewage is transferred to the main wadi supplying drinking water to Port Sudan

Keywords: drinking water, general health issues, environmental health, Port Sudan, Red Sea state, water pollution, urbanisation, environmental sanitation, sewage disposal, sanitation, sewerage

Title: A waste picker burns tires in order to retrieve wire to sell as scrap metal
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Keywords: Port Sudan, Red Sea state, landfill/dumpsite, solid waste management, waste disposal, waste management

Title: Medical waste was found across the site and along the main road
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Keywords: general hygiene issues, environmental health, Port Sudan, Red Sea state, landfill/dumpsite, environmental sanitation, hazardous wastes, waste disposal, waste management

Title: Abattoir waste was left in the open air for scavenging dogs and birds
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: general hygiene issues, environmental health, Port Sudan, Red Sea state, landfill/dumpsite, solid waste management, waste disposal, waste management

Title: A small sesame seed oil pressing plant in Port Sudan
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Description: Food processing represents a significant part of the light industry sector

Keywords: Port Sudan, Red Sea state

Title: The construction of this major new harbour facility in Port Sudan proceeded without an environmental impact assessment
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Keywords: industrial development, infrastructure, environmental impact assessment, environmental protection, Port Sudan, Red Sea state

Title: Used asphalt drums dumped on the outskirts of Port Sudan
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Keywords: Port Sudan, Red Sea state, industrial pollution, pollution control, pollution sources, landfill/dumpsite, solid waste management, waste management

Title: Waves breaking on a coral reef jut off the marine terminal in Port Sudan
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Keywords: oil, environmental protection, Marine oil terminal, Port Sudan, Port Sudan oil terminal, Red Sea state, coral reefs, oil pollution, pollution control, pollution sources, water pollution, industrial plant

Title: Waste oil dumped outside this Port Sudan power station migrates towards a lagoon and mangroves on the outskirts of the city
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: Port Sudan, Port Sudan power station, Red Sea state, coastal protection, oil pollution, pollution control, pollution sources, electricity plant, waste disposal, waste management

Title: Stand of mangroves located some 500 metres from the power station
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Keywords: Port Sudan, Port Sudan power station, Red Sea state, coastal protection, oil pollution, electricity plant, waste treatment, waste management