Environment and natural resources as a core asset for wealth creation, poverty reduction, and sustainable development

The table of contents for this item can be shared with the requester. The requester may then choose one chapter, up to 10% of the item, as per the Fair Dealing provision of the Canadian Copyright ActThis comprehensive report analyzes the geography, soils, natural resources, land use, climate, environmental laws and governance of Sudan. Recurring conflicts have plagued Sudan since independence due to a host of inter-related, cumulative and complex factors. The issue of who controls natural resources; has access to them; how they are distributed; and who participates in decision-making processes, has often been among the root causes of conflict. In this regard and since the vast majority of people depend on land and water resources for livelihoods, issues of land degradation, desertification, deforestation, loss of biological diversity, resource base conflicts, and land tenure need to be addressed critically