Eleventh International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses

Abstract

As a result of climate changes, there is a negative impact on many countries including Sudan. Climate change in some states of the Sudan appears evident from variability in both annual rainfall and distribution with time. This is also reflected in temperature variation. Sudan’s economy, like many developing countries, is dependent on agriculture and associated industries, which are contributed to a high extent in the rural development of major farmers groups, who depend on rain-fed agriculture and natural pasture and range. This study is concentrated on the negative impact of climate which leads to drought and consequently to land deterioration which resulted in secondary salinization and vegetation cover degradation. Six tested sites were selected to represent the different ecological zones of Sudan. Soil climate and biodiversity were identified to be analysed and compared for two times period. One to represent the data of 1960s to be compared with the data of recent studies. The conclusion that derived from this study reveled a significant land and biodiversity degradation, that in addition to secondary salinaization particularly in fragile environment.