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Date created:
10 May 2006
Owner: UNEP
Source: UNEP

Description: An Owl enjoying the safety of the woodland savannah in Bor, South Sudan.

Keywords: vegetation, fauna, flora, wildlife conservation
 
Title:
Date created:
10 May 2006
Owner: UNEP
Source: UNEP

Description: The destroyed excavator has hundreds of birds nests.

Keywords: fauna, industrial pollution, industrial plant
 
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Date created:
10 May 2006
Owner: UNEP
Source: UNEP

Description: The Mongalla Gazelles in the flood plains, Jonglei State.

Keywords: swamps, vegetation, fauna, flora, wildlife conservation
 
Title: White-eared kob and zebra migrating through Boma National Park in 1983.
Date created:
20 Jun 2007
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Keywords: fauna, migratory species, national parks and reserves, wildlife conservation, endangered species, Boma
 
Title: Lion tracks in Padak county, Jonglei state.
Date created:
20 Jun 2007
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Description: In the absence of formal survey data for much of the country, the evidence for wildlife populations is often anecdotal and qualitative.

Keywords: fauna, wildlife conservation, endangered species, Jonglei state, Padak
 
Title: Tiang, Bokor reedbuck and white-eared kob near the main road, Jonglei state
Date created:
20 Jun 2007
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Description: Wildlife in Southern Sudan are found as much outside as inside protected areas

Keywords: fauna, national parks and reserves, nature conservation, wildlife conservation, Jonglei state
 
Title: Empty landscapes: the UNEP team travelled through the Nuba mountains without seeing or hearing any reports of remaining wildlife
Date created:
20 Jun 2007
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Keywords: fauna, wildlife conservation, Nuba mountains
 
Title: The flooded grasslands of Southern Sudan support very large bird populations, including black-crowned cranes (Balearica pavonina
Date created:
20 Jun 2007
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Keywords: ecology, fauna, nature conservation, wildlife conservation, Jonglei state, Padak
 
Title: Flooded grasslands in Southern Sudan support very large bird populations, including pink-backed pelicans (Pelecanus rufescens)
Date created:
20 Jun 2007
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Keywords: fauna, nature conservation, wildlife conservation, Jonglei state, Padak
 
Title: The flooded grasslands of Southern Sudan support very large bird populations, including cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis)
Date created:
20 Jun 2007
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Keywords: fauna, nature conservation, wildlife conservation, Jonglei state, Padak
 
Title: Flooded grasslands in Southern Sudan support large bird populations, incl. saddle-billed storks (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)
Date created:
20 Jun 2007
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Keywords: ecology, fauna, nature conservation, wildlife conservation, Jonglei state, Padak
 
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: A baboon in Dinder National Park, Sennar state
Date created:
20 Jun 2007
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Description: The level of actual protection is highly variable but generally weak throughout Sudan. Poaching in a problem in all major parks

Keywords: fauna, national parks and reserves, nature conservation, wildlife conservation, Dinder National Park, Sennar state
 
Title: Tiang are extensively hunted in the flood plains of Southern Sudan
Date created:
20 Jun 2007
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Keywords: fauna, wildlife conservation
 
Title: A patas monkey in Jonglei state
Date created:
20 Jun 2007
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Description: The collection of baby animals to serve as pets is common in Southern Sudan. The long-term survival of such individuals is very low.

Keywords: fauna, wildlife conservation, endangered species, Jonglei state
 
Title: A servile cat in Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal
Date created:
20 Jun 2007
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Description: The collection of baby animals to serve as pets is common in Southern Sudan. The long-term survival of such individuals is very low.

Keywords: fauna, wildlife conservation, endangered species, Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal
 
Title: A hyena in Rumbek, Lakes state
Date created:
20 Jun 2007
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Description: The collection of baby animals to serve as pets is common in Southern Sudan. The long-term survival of such individuals is very low.

Keywords: fauna, wildlife conservation, endangered species, Lakes, Rumbek
 
Title: Crocodile and python skin accessories are popular in markets in Khartoum
Date created:
20 Jun 2007
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Description: There is no data on the impact of this trade on reptile populations in Sudan

Keywords: fauna, wildlife conservation, endangered species, Khartoum state
 
Title: Juvenile ostriches taken from the wild as chicks and raised in an aid compound in Padak
Date created:
20 Jun 2007
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Description: Innovative and sustainable solutions are needed to stem the decline of wildlife in Southern Sudan. These juvenile ostriches will grow too big, powerful and dangerous to be kept as pets. The long-term fate of these individuals is sealed, but the species can be preserved in the region.

Keywords: environmental management, fauna, nature conservation, wildlife conservation, Jonglei state, Padak
 
Title: Hundreds of thousands of white-eared kob migrate in a seasonal search for dry ground, new pasture and water.
Date created:
20 Jun 2007
Owner: Phil Snyder
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Description: The migration of white-eared kob across the flood plains of Southern Sudan is on the least known but most spectacular wildlife wonders of the world. Kob are perfectly adapted to the flood plain environment of Southern Sudan and have been hunted by local people for centuries

Keywords: fauna, migratory species, nature conservation, wildlife conservation
 
Title: Kob are perfectly adapted to the flood plain environment of Southern Sudan and have been hunted by local people for centuries
Date created:
20 Jun 2007
Owner: Phil Snyder
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Keywords: fauna, migratory species, nature conservation, wildlife conservation
 
Title: The core of Dinder National Park is comprised of wetlands that are critical sources of water in the dry season
Date created:
20 Jun 2007
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Keywords: fauna, inland waters, national parks and reserves, nature conservation, wildlife conservation, Dinder National Park, Sennar state
 
Title: Warthogs are very common in Dinder National Park's wetlands
Date created:
20 Jun 2007
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Description: Although many have been poached, the park still supports a significant population of larger mammals

Keywords: fauna, nature conservation, wildlife conservation, Dinder National Park, Sennar state
 
Title: Demand for ivory in Sudan comes principally from tourists and foreign workers perhaps unaware of the global ban on ivory trading
Date created:
20 Jun 2007
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Keywords: fauna, international environmental agreements, meas, multilateral environmental agreements, wildlife conservation, endangered species, trade agreements
 
Title: This young chimpanzee named Thomas was confiscated from a trader in Yei, Central Equatoria, in April 2006
Date created:
20 Jun 2007
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Description: Thomas is shown here with his current keeper, the Undersecretary to the Government of Southern Sudan, Ministry of Environment, Wildlife Conservation and Tourism. His fate is uncertain as chimpanzees are completely unsuitable as pets and there are no rehabilitation or holding facilities in Sudan.

Keywords: fauna, nature conservation, wildlife conservation, endangered species
 
Title: Spinner dolphins offshore of Suakin
Date created:
21 Jun 2007
Owner: Red Sea Enterprises
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Description: The marine tourism industry in Sudan still operates on a small scale, catering mainly to scuba divers, but the quality and quantity of marine life holds promise for the long-term growth of the industry. Protection and control measures need to be improved to ensure that this growth occurs without harm to the environment

Keywords: ecotourism, fauna, wildlife conservation, Coastline, Coastline and islands, Red Sea state, Suakin, Suakin Archipelago, marine resources
 
Title: Marine wildlife in Sanganeb Marine National Park
Date created:
21 Jun 2007
Owner: Red Sea Enterprises
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Description:

Keywords: fauna, national parks and reserves, wildlife conservation, Coastline, Coastline and islands, Red Sea state, Sanganeb Atoll, Sanganeb Marine National Park, marine resources, sea
 
Title: Marine wildlife in Sanganeb Marine National Park
Date created:
21 Jun 2007
Owner: Red Sea Enterprises
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Description:

Keywords: fauna, national parks and reserves, wildlife conservation, Coastline, Coastline and islands, Red Sea state, Sanganeb Atoll, Sanganeb Marine National Park, marine resources, sea
 
Title: Marine wildlife in Sanganeb Marine National Park
Date created:
21 Jun 2007
Owner: Red Sea Enterprises
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Keywords: fauna, national parks and reserves, wildlife conservation, Coastline, Coastline and islands, Red Sea state, Sanganeb Atoll, Sanganeb Marine National Park, marine resources, sea
 
Title: Marine wildlife in Sanganeb Marine National Park
Date created:
21 Jun 2007
Owner: Red Sea Enterprises
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Description:

Keywords: fauna, national parks and reserves, wildlife conservation, Coastline, Coastline and islands, Red Sea state, Sanganeb Atoll, Sanganeb Marine National Park, marine resources, sea
 
Title: A Manta ray in Sanganeb Marine National Park
Date created:
21 Jun 2007
Owner: Red Sea Enterprises
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Description:

Keywords: fauna, national parks and reserves, wildlife conservation, Coastline, Coastline and islands, Red Sea state, Sanganeb Atoll, Sanganeb Marine National Park, marine resources, sea
 
Title: Mongalla gazelles grazing in the tall grass of the clay plains in Padak district, Jonglei state
Date created:
21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: fauna, wildlife conservation, Jonglei state, Padak
 
Title: White-backed vultures resting on the new grass of the seasonally flooded toic in Padak district
Date created:
21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: fauna, wildlife conservation, Jonglei state, Padak
 
Title: A crowned crane on toic grassland near Padak
Date created:
22 Jun 2007
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Description: Much of the planned oil exploration is set to take place in the Nile flood plain, an environmentally very sensitive area

Keywords: floodplain, environmental protection, fauna, Jonglei state, Padak, oil pollution, pollution control