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Title: The UNEP team on mission in Northern state.
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Description: Different teams of experts spent 150 days in the field, on ten separate field missions, each lasting one to four weeks.

Keywords: post-conflict assessment, country studies, Northern state
 
Title: The UNEP team interviews a group of local men in Umm al Jawasir, in Northern state
Date created: 16 Aug 2007
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Description: Community hearings and consultations were a critical component of UNEP's assessment work.

Keywords: post-conflict assessment, Northern state
 
Title: A camel herder in Northern state
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: The northernmost third of Sudan has a desert climate

Keywords: livestock, deserts, Northern state, livelihoods
 
Title: Mobile dune in Northern state
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: deserts, sand dunes, Northern state
 
Title: Nile riverine agriculture, Nothern state
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: A narrow strip of irrigated land on either side of the main Nile in the desert regions supports up to three crops a year

Keywords: agricultural resources, agriculture, Nile riverine strip, Northern state
 
Title: A thin tree belt prevents a dune from overwhelming irrigated fields in Northern state
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: agroforestry, irrigation, agriculture, desertification, sand dunes, Northern state
 
Title: Farmers in Northern state watch as the date palms on which their livelihoods depend are washed away by riverbank erosion
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: agriculture, disasters, man-made disasters, natural disasters, food security, Northern state, shore erosion, livelihoods
 
Title: On the main Nile in Northern state
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: One of the causes of riverbank erosion is the increased frequency of sand dune migration into the Nile, as the rapid influx of sand alters the riverflow, resulting in downstream erosion as well as sediment deposition

Keywords: land degradation, sand dunes, disasters, man-made disasters, natural disasters, Nile river, Northern state, shore erosion
 
Title: The Atbara cement factory is now privately owned
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Keywords: industrial development, environmental protection, environmental standards, monitoring, standards, governance, Atbara cement factory, Northern state, air pollution, industrial pollution, pollution control, pollution sources, industrial plant
 
Title: The newly installed bag house filter treats emissions from the main furnace
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Keywords: industrial development, environmental protection, environmental standards, environmental technology, monitoring, standards, governance, Atbara cement factory, Northern state, air pollution, industrial pollution, pollution control, pollution sources, industrial plant
 
Title: The Jebel Berkel archeological site in Northern state - a thin irrigated strip of date palms borders the Nile in the background
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: The Nile has supported agriculture in the Sahara desert for over 5000 years, but upstream dam construction is threatening the existence of this ancient and previously sustainable form of cultivation

Keywords: agricultural resources, agriculture, land degradation, Nile river, Nile riverine strip, Northern state, dams, shore erosion
 
Title: Encroaching sand dunes in Arji, in Northern state
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: The dunes threaten to smother the narrow strip of arable land along the Nile's flood plain, which sustains thousands of communities

Keywords: agriculture, desertification, sand dunes, Nile river, Nile riverine strip, Northern state