UNEP Post-Conflict and Disaster Management Branch

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Date created: 06 Jun 2006
Owner: UNEP
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Description: Brick making in a Darfur IDP camp.

Keywords: oil, general energy issues, energy supply

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Date created: 06 Jun 2006
Owner: UNEP
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Description: Tree are being hapharzardly felled for brick making in IDPs camps. This has resulted in large deforestation within the vicinity of the camps.

Keywords: oil, general energy issues, oil refinery, oil well

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Date created: 06 Jun 2006
Owner: UNEP
Source: UNEP

Description: Teak plantations like this one in Kegalu, Yei county, were deprived of silvicultural operations for the past 22 years due to the civil war.

Keywords: environmental risks, targeted infrastructure, armed conflicts, international cooperation, oil, industrial plant, oil refinery, oil well

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Date created: 06 Jun 2006
Owner: UNEP
Source: UNEP

Description: Unmanaged Teak plantation in Kegalu.

Keywords: armed conflicts, oil, oil refinery

Title: Production platform in the Heglig oilfield.
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Description: It is completely feasible to reduce the environmental impact of oil exploration to acceptable levels in all but the most ecologically sensitive areas -- but it requires both commitment and substantial investment.

Keywords: oil, environmental protection, oil well

Title: Wetlands throughout Sudan face many threats, including dam construction, upstream catchment degradation and oil exploration
Date created: 02 Jul 2007
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Keywords: wetlands, oil, inland waters, land degradation, general water issues, water resources, dams

Title: An oil well being drilled at Heglig field, Southern Kordofan
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Description: The rapid growth of the oil industry is set to change Sudan's economy, society and environment

Keywords: industrial development, oil, Heglig district, Heglig facility, Southern Kordofan state, oil well

Title: Well casings lined up beneath the Heglig drilling rig
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: Oil production is rapidly increasing in Sudan, as new fields are developed and transport infrastructure such as trunk pipelines and marine terminals is constructed

Keywords: industrial development, infrastructure, oil, Heglig district, Heglig facility, Southern Kordofan state, industrial plant, oil well

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: Oil well drilling pits such as these at Heglig are normally remediated after use
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Description: At present, however, there is no oversight of the oil industry's performance or detailed environmental standards for such work

Keywords: oil, environmental protection, environmental standards, water treatment, monitoring, policies, standards, governance, Heglig district, Heglig facility, Southern Kordofan state, oil pollution, pollution control, pollution sources, oil well

Title: Airboats used for seismic surveying access in the swamps and floodplains of Jonglei state
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Description: Airboats reduce the need for access roads in the first stages of exploration

Keywords: swamps, floodplain, industrial development, oil, environmental protection, Jonglei state

Title: A UNEP inspection of a portion of the seismic line in Padak county revealed minimal long-term impact
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Description: This was due to the limited clearance methods used

Keywords: oil, environmental impact assessment, environmental protection, Jonglei state, Padak, Padak township