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NATURAL RESOURCES ........................................................................................................................ 38 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 38 Land ....................................................................................................................................................... 38 Forests and Woodlands .......................................................................................................................... 40 Freshwater Resources ........................................................................................................................... 44 Marine and Coastal Environment ........................................................................................................... 45 Mineral resources .................................................................................................................................. 48 Biological diversity ................................................................................................................................. 49 Protected Areas ..................................................................................................................................... 54 RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................................................ 55 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 55 Specific Recommendations ................................................................................................................... 55 Overview ........................................................................................................................................ 55 Interventions for Immediate Action ................................................................................................. 55 Interventions for Medium-term Action ............................................................................................. 57 REFERENCES.......................................................................................................................................... 59 ANNEX I Chronology of Key Political Events in Somalia .................................................................. 63 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................... 67 Environment in Somalia 2 UNEP Desk Study
A NOTE ON DATA SOURCES, NOMENCLATURE AND MAPS This Desk Study used the term “Somalia” to describe the official, internationally recognized country. “Somaliland” and “Puntland”, although selfdeclared states, are not currently recognized by the international community. Note, however, that the designation of geographical entities in this report does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the publisher or the participating organizations concerning the legal status of any country, territory or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The term “Somali” is used equally to denote the people of this country as well as the predominant language spoken. It is not uncommon to discover several permutations of the spelling of a place name, establishment or feature in Somalia. Every effort has been made in this Desk Study to be consistent with such spellings but, again, attention is drawn to the fact that these should not be taken as the definitive description. Because Somalia has been in a state of instability since the fall of the regime of Mohamed Siyad Barre in January 1991 – and, actually, to a considerable degree since the outbreak of civil war in the late 1980s – the lack of functioning government institutions has meant that statistics tend to be unreliable or non-existent. Despite best efforts to verify data, statistics cited in the text or tables should be viewed with caution. Environment in Somalia 3 UNEP Desk Study
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Page 45 and 46: The lucrative charcoal trade raises
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Page 49 and 50: Lobster, commonly fished in Somali
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Environment in Somalia 53 UNEP Desk
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RECOMMENDATIONS Introduction An acc
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Existing solar stove pilot projects
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REFERENCES Agrosphere, 2004. Impact
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Somaliland Centre for Peace and Dev
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ANNEX I Chronology of Key Political
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1994 UNOSOM seeks to broker a deal
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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS asl abov
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