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Date created: 06 Jun 2006
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Description: Charcoal and fuelwood in a market in Darfur

Keywords: deforestation, forest degradation, forestry, wood fuels
 
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Date created: 06 Jun 2006
 Owner: UNEP
 Source: UNEP

Description: Fuelwood and grass fodder market in Darfur.

Keywords: deforestation, forest degradation, desertification, livelihoods
 
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Date created: 06 Jun 2006
 Owner: UNEP
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Description: Teak plantations in Southern Sudan when well managed can generate over $50 million annually. However, with the lack of capacity, sustainable management plans and the rampant illicit trade million of dollars are being lost annually.

Keywords: forest degradation, forests, wood fuels
 
Title: Camels grazing mangroves 20 km south of Suakin
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: The impact of such grazing can be seen in the absence of foliage below three metres. This stand also shows signs of extensive timber-cutting

Keywords: deforestation, forest degradation, flora, Coastal and arid region mountain ranges, Coastline, Coastline and islands, Red Sea mangroves, Red Sea state, coastal protection
 
Title: Fuelwood vendors in Red Sea state
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: Deforestation is a major cause of land degradation in desert environments. Tree cover is concentrated in seasonal wadis, where is helps retain soil that would otherwise be swept away by wind and flash floods

Keywords: deforestation, forest degradation, forests, forestry, wood fuels, general energy issues, desertification, deserts, land degradation, soil degradation, Red Sea state
 
Title: The scorched earth tactics used by militias in Darfur include cutting and burning trees in a haphazard manner
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: forest degradation, armed conflicts, environmental risks, Darfur
 
Title: A brick kiln at Abu Shouk camp in Northern Darfur
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: One large tree is needed to fire approximately 3000 bricks

Keywords: deforestation, forest degradation, environmental risks, refugees, energy supply, wood fuels, Abu Shouk, Northern Darfur state, livelihoods
 
Title: Towns in Southern Sudan rely on a combination of firewood and charcoal for most energy needs
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Keywords: deforestation, forest degradation, energy supply, wood fuels, Juba, Bahr el Jabal, Bahr el Jabal (Central Equatoria) state, urbanisation
 
Title: Traditional buildings such as this barn under construction near Mabior in Jonglei state require a large number of young trees
Date created: 22 Jun 2007
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Keywords: deforestation, forest degradation, natural resources, Jonglei state
 
Title: When pasture is limited, pastoralists often resort to slashing trees to enable livestock to feed on the branches
Date created: 27 Jun 2007
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Description: Al Ruwashida forest reserve in Gedaref state

Keywords: deforestation, forest degradation, forests, grazing, livestock, pasture, protected areas, Gedaref state, livelihoods
 
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: Forest resources in the desert and semi-desert northern states are extremely limited and in continual decline
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: deforestation, forest conservation, forest degradation, forests, forestry, desertification, deserts, flora, land degradation
 
Title: Southern Sudan still retains the majority of its forest cover, but deforestation is occurring at a steady rate
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: deforestation, forest conservation, forest degradation, forests, forestry, swamps, vegetation, flora
 
Title: A commercial mahogany stand in the Nuba mountains, Southern Kordofan
Date created: 27 Jun 2007
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Description: Northern Sudan's major timber deficit is currently being met principally through unsustainable logging in central Sudan. Viable and sustainable alternatives include increased use of plantations

Keywords: deforestation, forest degradation, forests, forestry, wood fuels, Nuba mountains, Southern Kordofan state
 
Title: Fuelwood market in Nyala, Southern Darfur
Date created: 27 Jun 2007
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Keywords: deforestation, forest degradation, forests, wood fuels, Nyala, Southern Darfur state
 
Title: Brick kilns on the banks fo the Blue Nile, in El Gezira state
Date created: 27 Jun 2007
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Description: The brick-making industry is a major market for fuelwood

Keywords: deforestation, forest degradation, forests, forestry, wood fuels, El Gezira state, Nile river, livelihoods
 
Title: A charcoal market in Khartoum
Date created: 27 Jun 2007
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Keywords: deforestation, forest degradation, forests, forestry, energy supply, wood fuels, Khartoum, Khartoum state
 
Title: A brick kiln near Kadugli, Southern Kordofan
Date created: 27 Jun 2007
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Description: The remaining forests of Sourthern Kordofan are being consumed by the fuelwood and charcoal industries

Keywords: forest conservation, forest degradation, forestry, energy supply, wood fuels, Southern Kordofan 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: Wau district, Western Bahr el Ghazal
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Description: When shifting agriculture becomes unsustainable, forest cover disappears permanently

Keywords: agroforestry, deforestation, forest conservation, forest degradation, forests, land use, agriculture, forestry, land degradation, soil degradation, Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal
 
Title: A settlement in the semi-desert north of El Fasher, Northern Darfur
Date created: 27 Jun 2007
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Description: The combination of drought, desertification, over-population and over-exploitation has drastically reduced forest cover in Northern Darfur

Keywords: deforestation, forest degradation, forests, forestry, environmental risks, internally displaced people, refugees, land degradation, El Fasher, Northern Darfur state, population
 
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
 
Title: This open woodland adjacent to a burnt village near El Geneina, Western Darfur, has been deliberately destroyed
Date created: 27 Jun 2007
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Keywords: deforestation, forest degradation, forests, forestry, armed conflicts, environmental risks, war, El Geneina, Western Darfur 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
 
Title: This timber bound for sale in Khartoum comes from 500 km south, near Renk in Upper Nile state
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: deforestation, forest degradation, forests, forestry, energy supply, wood fuels, Khartoum, Renk, Upper Nile state, domestic trade
 
Title: Illegal charcoal production is a major cause of deforestation in Southern Kordofan
Date created: 21 Jun 2007
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Keywords: deforestation, forest degradation, forests, forestry, energy supply, wood fuels, Southern Kordofan state