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Desertification in Western Sudan and Strategies for Rehabilitation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Asim I. el Moghraby ,
O.M.M. Ali  and
M. Tag el Seed
Asim I. el Moghraby
Affiliation:
Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental, Studies and Hydrobiological Research Unit, University of Khartoum, P.O. Box 321, Khartoum, Sudan
O.M.M. Ali
Affiliation:
Lecturer, Institute of Environmental Studies and Hydrobiological Research Unit, University of Khartoum, P.O. Box 321, Khartoum, Sudan
M. Tag el Seed
Affiliation:
Director, Hydrobiological Research Unit, University of Khartoum, P.O. Box 321, Khartoum, Sudan.
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Sudan is one of the African countries that are most seriously stricken by drought, desertification, and famine. Although accurate assessment of the disaster is yet to be documented, published data indicate that some 40% of the human population have been affected. In the Kordofan region alone, some 2.8 million people were subjected to the famine and half-a-million died. The drought's incidence and effects in western Sudan decreased from the Desert zone southwards across the Sahelian zone to the Sudanian zone.

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Main Papers
Information
Environmental Conservation , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , Autumn 1987 , pp. 227 - 231
Copyright
Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1987

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