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

Description: Note the branches and leaves of this trees are frequently felled as a source of fodder for livestock and fuelwood for cooking.

Keywords: forests, land use, desertification, deserts, drought, land degradation, soil degradation
 
Title: Settlements like Malka in Northern Darfur are already on the margins of survival
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: A small reduction in rainfall could suffice to render large parts of the semi-arid desert fringe unviable. Land degradation is clearly visible as large swathes of bare red subsoil

Keywords: desertification, deserts, drought, land degradation, soil degradation, food security, Northern Darfur state, human settlements, livelihoods
 
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: Many areas on the northern edge of the Sahel belt in Sudan are too degraded for large-scale reforestation to be feasible
Date created: 27 Jun 2007
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Description: Natural regeneration over time may be the only option

Keywords: deforestation, forest degradation, forests, forestry, desertification, deserts, drought, land degradation, soil degradation, sudano-sahelian region