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Sudan's Historic Acacia Forest Devastated as War Fuels Logging
Conflicts and economic collapse have driven unchecked logging, causing a 60% loss of green cover and increasing flood risks, with slow reforestation efforts underway, officials said.
- Nearly three years of fighting have reduced Sudan's Al‑Sunut acacia forest south of Khartoum to barren fields of stumps, and the 1,500-hectare natural reserve has been "completely wiped out," Boushra Hamed said.
- Experts say the war and economic collapse have made forest protection inaccessible and fueled unchecked logging, with similar devastation spreading across western Darfur, Kordofan, Sennar, and Al‑Jazirah.
- On the ground, century-old acacia trees were cut down with electric saws for commercial timber and charcoal production, and Mousa el-Sofori warned, "The logging continues, because those responsible for forest protection cannot access many areas."
- Al‑Nazir Ali Babiker warns that loss of tree cover removes a critical 'barrier' against flooding, threatening biodiversity and making restoration long and costly, as efforts are underway.
- Disregarding army notices, men and women now collect wood, as forests supplied roughly 70 percent of Sudan's energy before the fighting, according to data from the African Forest Forum.
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War devastates Sudan's ancient acacia forest, threatening ecosystem
Nearly three years of conflict have reduced Sudan's historic Al-Sunut acacia forest south of Khartoum to barren fields of stumps, destroying a vital green shield against Nile floods and a haven for migratory birds from Europe.
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Vast stretches of a once-verdant acacia forest south of Sudan's capital Khartoum have been reduced to little more than fields of stumps as nearly three years of conflict have fuelled deforestation. What was once a 1,500-hectare natural reserve has been "completely wiped out", Boushra Hamed, head of environmental affairs for Khartoum state, told AFP. Al-Sunut
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