Somalia Country Environmental Analysis : Diagnostic Study on Trends and Threats for Environmental and Natural Resources Challenges
Somalia’s natural capital is under substantial pressure from inappropriate land uses, conflict, and climate change. In its Ninth National Development Plan (Somalia NDP-9), the government of Somalia has identified vulnerability to environmental shoc...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/742491594100313982/Somalia-Country-Environmental-Analysis-Diagnostic-Study-on-Trends-and-Threats-for-Environmental-and-Natural-Resources-Challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34058 |
| Summary: | Somalia’s natural capital is under
substantial pressure from inappropriate land uses, conflict,
and climate change. In its Ninth National Development Plan
(Somalia NDP-9), the government of Somalia has identified
vulnerability to environmental shocks as one of the six
major causes of poverty. The Plan also observes that among
the top four drivers of poverty is natural disasters.
Subsequently, the Plan notes that the achievement of the
four-national development priority pillars is contingent
upon ‘better management of Somalia’s environment and its
natural resources.’ The Somalia CEA is an analytical
document that systematically evaluates Somalia’s environment
and natural resources (ENR) sector, using both authors’ own
data and published secondary information. The end-term goal
of the report is to facilitate both a long-term dialogue
within Somalia on the interlinkages between environment and
development and herald better coordination among development
partners on matters touching on the management of Somalia’s
natural assets. By identifying environmental concerns at an
early stage in Somalia’s renewed engagement with
international financing institutions, the CEA identifies
opportunities for managing natural resources to deliver
improvements for livelihoods, reducing poverty, and building
climate change resilience across all the environmental sectors. |
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