Desertification of Sudan

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S. Sudan: Aerial view of Pieri village, Lol Nuer territory in Jonglei State. The Lol Nuer are perpetrators of repeated cattle raids and attacks against the Dinka and Murle tribes

Editorial:Desertification of Sudan!

Sudan is the largest country in Africa and is rich with diversity of forest resources which constitute a base for substantial contributions in economic development.

Following the split of 2011, Sudan has, according to FAO’s classification, become a low forest cover country with about 10 percent of its total surface area under forest cover. Yet, the high dependency on forest products and service remains as it was before separation.

The updated studies suggested that Sudan has witnessed during the period 2000–2011 the transformation of 12 million feddans of its fertile areas to deserts and that the desertification rate accelerated during that period as the forests area became only 10 percent of the total area of the country which means that 90 percent of Sudan lands are barren.

The plantation area is not more than 10 percent of the reserved forests area.

The issue of forest and tree tenure is considered a part of the problems of forest development in Sudan. The major part, almost 90 percent, of forest land is under government control while limited forest lands are owned by communities and the private sector.

Read the full article: Sudan Vision

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Originally published at desertification.wordpress.com on February 18, 2015.