Sudan: East Africa’s most biodiversity-conserving country
Sudan remains a balanced environment capable of embracing endangered species. Target 5 of SDG 15, which has to do with taking urgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halting the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protecting and preventing the extinction of threatened species. The Red List Index (RLI) of threatened species scored 0.9 (0 is worst -1 is best), which is a very high percentage.
Target 3 of SDG 15, which has to do with combating desertification, restoring degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and striving to achieve a land degradation-neutral world, two-thirds of northern Sudan is affected by desertification. Land affected by desertification is confined to areas between latitudes 10-18 degrees north, comprising 51% of the total country’s area.
In this context, the NGO major group of Africa appreciates the Sudanese efforts to preserve biodiversity, but it is concerned about the increase of lands that suffer from desertification, and recommends the Sudanese government, especially the Ministry of Environment, to launch strategies related to protecting life on land, especially combating desertification and degraded lands.
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