Sudan’s historic acacia forest devastated as war fuels logging

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 […] The post Sudan’s historic acacia forest devastated as war fuels logging appeared first on Digital Journal.