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according to the environmentalist Somalia will Be a place without trees in few years.

An alarming report over the environment situation in Somalia warns that the country rich in the wildlife and jungles will be a country without trees within a few years.

The report, displayed here by a team of environmentalists knownas the Natural Resource Management and Environmental Protection active in most of Somalia's regions, marks the World Environment Day on Wednesday .

The report stated that the four regions of the country, Middle Shabelle, Lower Shabelle, Middle Jubba and Lower Jubba are the most seriously hit by the deforestation activity going on in the past 12 years after the downfall of the late regime

Dr Mohamed Elmi Soyan, a veterinarian doctor and an environmentalist among this team said in their study they discovered that 20-25 heavy-duty trucks loaded with charcoal come into Mogadishu everyday for export.

The report also stated that in the past three months alone, four huge vessels loaded with charcoal have sailed off Mogadishu port with each of them carrying 60,000-100,000 sacks of charcoal

The report went on by saying this means each vessel was carrying over 10,000 huge trees cut off from Somalia's soil, something the report characterized as alarming and at this rate, the report said. Somalia will be treeless within a few years.

Deforestation and charcoal export to Middle Eastern countries is one of the major causes of environmental degradation in Somalia. In recent years, illegal cutting of trees to produce charcoal for export has become a booming business industry with considerable profits. Most of the charcoal is prepared in southern Somalia and exported through the ports in Mogadishu, and Kismayo. Lack of local administration in the southern regions has exacerbated the problem. Somaliland and Puntland also experience the same problem but to a lesser extent. As a result of deforestation, land suitable for grazing is destroyed. This practice will inevitably affect the nomadic communities who entirely depend on grazing. Some of the most visible results of this action are extinction of wildlife and endangered crop species, soil erosion, soil degradation and an irreversible long term impact on the agriculture ecosystems.

Root causes of the Problem

There are several causes contributing to the deforestation and charcoal export. Some of these causes are:

1. Clearing land for settlements and for construction driven by human population growth and the demand for open land and construction material.
2. Clearing land for cultivation, this is also driven my human population growth and the demand for food
3. Cutting trees for livestock feed and overgrazing of bushes.
4. Cutting trees for energy for domestic use and for export (high foreign demand for charcoal is a major driving force of deforestation; this is the most serious problem facing Somalia).

Major Limiting Factors

1. Lack of enabling environment
2. Lack of property rights
3. Non existence of institutions that research, document, develop and enforce rules and regulations for managing natural resources
4. Contradicting government ministries pursuing different objectives or simply having disjoint operations
5. Low cost and unregulated fuel woods market
6. Higher cost and lack of know-how on the use of cooking gas, and
7. Lack of alternative livelihoods for those involved in fuel wood enterprise
8. Lack of government

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Goljano Lion, you aren't Somali, so why post a topic concerning Somalia and trees?

General Duke wrote:Goljano Lion, you aren't Somali, so why post a topic concerning Somalia and trees?

Q est ce que tu racontes imbecile, aller jouer avec tes couilles

Goljano Lion wrote:Q est ce que tu racontes imbecile, aller jouer avec tes couilles

Ma cosa stai dicendo? L'unica parola che ho capito è "imbecile." Ma no; non sono uno, invece, sei un maleducato.

General Duke wrote:

Goljano Lion wrote:Q est ce que tu racontes imbecile, aller jouer avec tes couilles

Ma cosa stai dicendo? L'unica parola che ho capito è "imbecile." Ma no; non sono uno, invece, sei un maleducato.

duke, what was your ex-nick?

Goljano Lion wrote:duke, what was your ex-nick?

eternauta.