Effectiveness of Environmental Planning in Sudan

Abstract

The Sudanese state’s intervention in resource management, control and administration is dictated by a number of factors. Environmental rehabilitation is sought to increase, in a sustainable manner, the output from a depleted natural resource base, and to satisfy the growing demand for food and other necessities by a rapidly growing populations. There is an urgent need to moderate or reduce poverty, which is a major cause of environmental degradation, especially the clearance of forests for fuelwood and charcoal production. Ethnic and tribal conflicts and civil strife have, to a large extent, been caused by the competition over scarce resources. Two external factors are the international and regional commitments to agreements and conventions regarding environmental conservation, and the conditionality of aid from international agencies. The compelling external pressure has resulted in a number of national environmental management plans of action or sectoral programmes.