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Date created: 06 Jun 2006
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Description: Some of the trees that are still standing in Darfur.

Keywords: land tenure, agricultural resources, biodiversity, ecosystems, forests, land use, agriculture, nature conservation, rangeland management

Title: The Mongalla gazelle is not endangered but has a relatively small habitat
Date created: 20 Jun 2007
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Description: Rangeland burning such as has recently occurred here is favourable to this species, as it thrives on short new grass

Keywords: fauna, rangeland management, wildlife conservation

Title: The boundary between the overgrazed sandy rangeland and the threatened rain-fed agricultural zone is quite marked here
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: There is generally no clear edge to the desert

Keywords: agriculture, desertification, deserts, land degradation, rangeland management, soil degradation, food security, Northern Darfur state

Title: This abandoned field within a collapsed irrigation scheme in Khartoum state previously supported low density rangeland
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: It now does not support anything and its remaining topsoil is being blown away

Keywords: irrigation, land use, agriculture, desertification, land degradation, rangeland management, soil degradation, Khartoum state

Title: Completely degraded rangeland in Northern Darfur
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: This area immediately outside a large IDP camp has been subject to a combination of long-term overgrazing and fodder gathering, with topsoil largely removed and virtually no remnant vegetation or seed stock

Keywords: internally displaced people, refugees, desertification, land degradation, rangeland management, soil degradation, Northern Darfur state

Title: As a result of overgrazing, the topsoil of this rangeland near El Geneina, Western Darfur, is being eroded by wind and water
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: desertification, rangeland management, soil degradation, sudano-sahelian region, El Geneina, Western Darfur state

Title: The role of vegetation in controlling desertification is exemplified in this photograph of degraded rangeland in Khartoum state
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: The clump of grass has been grazed but its roots still retain the underlying soil, while surrounding soil has been removed by wind erosion

Keywords: desertification, deserts, drought, land degradation, rangeland management, soil degradation, Khartoum state

Title: Camels graze in a destroyed village in Western Darfur
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: The trees have been cut down for fuelwood ant to provide the animals with fodder. Fighting over grazing land has been ongoing in Darfur since 1920 at least

Keywords: deforestation, livestock, pasture, land degradation, natural resources, rangeland management, Western Darfur state

Title: A destroyed village and badly eroded land seen from the air in Northern Darfur
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: armed conflicts, military targets, targeted infrastructure, war, desertification, land degradation, rangeland management, soil degradation, Northern Darfur state

Title: Camels graze in a destroyed village in Western Darfur
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: The trees have been cut down for fuelwood and to provide the animals with fodder. Fighting over grazing land has been ongoing in Darfur since 1920 at least

Keywords: deforestation, livestock, pasture, land degradation, rangeland management, Western Darfur state

Title: Low quality degraded rangeland in Northern Darfur
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: To survive in these regions, pastoralists must travel widely across agricultural areas to find water and fodder for their herds, which commonly leads to conflict

Keywords: land use, livestock, pasture, agriculture, environmental risks, land degradation, rangeland management, soil degradation, rural water supply, water supply, Northern Darfur state

Title: Herders set fire to the Um Hureiza forest reserve in Sennar state before the onset of the rains
Date created: 27 Jun 2007
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Keywords: deforestation, forest degradation, forests, grazing, livestock, pasture, protected areas, national parks and reserves, rangeland management, Sennar state

Title: Before it was cleared for mechanized agriculture, this land in Blue Nile state consisted of low rainfall savannah and rangeland
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: deforestation, forest degradation, agriculture, land degradation, rangeland management, Blue Nile state

Title: Wildfire in Blue Nile state
Date created: 27 Jun 2007
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Description: Fires lit by pastoralists to promote grass growth destroy existing trees and suppress sapling growth

Keywords: deforestation, forest conservation, forest degradation, forests, grazing, pasture, forestry, rangeland management, Blue Nile state, livelihoods