| Download |  Forestry sector.doc ( 226 KB) |
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| Upload date | 20 Dec 2014 |
| Contributor | Sarah Elmubarak |
| Geographical coverage | Sudan, |
| Keywords | Reverine,forest, |
| Release date | 25/12/2014 |
Sudan embraces diverse biological resources which represent an important national asset and heritage. Based on the Africover, the Forests National Corporation (FNC) estimates that, after secession of South Sudan, forests cover constitutes about 11.60% of the total area, the agricultural land represents 13.70%, rangelands 26.40%, bare land 48.13% and water bodies 0.17%. The national forest inventory north of latitude 10oN (NFI 1996) concluded that the annual average growth of forests in Sudan was approximately 11.0 million cubic meters which was far below the national annual consumption rate of wood estimated by FAO/FNC (1994) to be about 16.0 million cubic meters. The annual deforestation in Sudan is estimated at 2.4%. Energy consumption is considered as a major driver of deforestation (firewood and charcoal), concurrently the rest is lost because of horizontal expansion of agriculture, fires, drought and overgrazing. Between 1990 and 2005, Sudan lost an estimated 12% of its forests, 8.8 million hectares. Most of the deforestation has occurred in the traditional and mechanized rainfed agricultural areas in northern, eastern, and central regions of the country (UNEP 2007; FAO 1999).