sudan- impacts

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A2 Geography (Human - Conflicts) Mind Map on sudan- impacts, created by Felicity Picton on 06/11/2014.
Felicity Picton
Mind Map by Felicity Picton, updated more than 1 year ago
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sudan- impacts
  1. SOCIAL
    1. total no. affected by conflict 4.7 million
      1. number of internally displaced (refugees) 2.7 million
        1. no. darfur refugees in chad 240,000
          1. no. people receiving food aid 3.4 million
            1. 65%population accessable
              1. need permission to fly, and dangerous
              2. 300,000 DEATHS - war, famine, desease
                1. murder of farmers & destruction of farming communities led to decrease in food production in region, ppl suffered from malnutrition
                2. villages & refugee camps suffered violent attacks - murder, rape& theft
                  1. people living in IDP camps limited access to water, health facilities, overcrowded
                    1. IDP camps, Nyala largest IDP
                      1. security stopping people going home, water keeping them in camps. Agencies providing sanitation, healthcare and basic drugs, some ppl dont receive anything
                        1. 1 million under 18. 1/5 mil under age 5
                          1. unicef - safe area for children to play. fragmented families, fathers killed, mothers killed
                        2. ECONOMIC
                          1. $7.2 Bil in productivity lost
                            1. 23% GDP goes to sudanese side of war
                              1. hard to estimate total cost - $24bil. especially damaging as sudan such poor country, money could have been spent on development
                                1. 40%ppl live in poverty receiving aid worth $4bil
                                2. trade of livestock in darfur important to sudan's economy . Mils of pounds of livestock lost due to effects of conflict in this region
                                  1. conflict prevented economic growth e.g productive farmland been abandoned and many of natural available resources haven't been developed
                                    1. economic consequences more long term as takes longer to recover
                                      1. no provisions or money goes into sustainability. gov spends $10 bil on war instead of development & environment
                                      2. ENVIRONMENTAL
                                        1. desertification (causes land to become unsuitable for growing vegetation) happening around IDP camps. refugees stripping land of vegetation to use as fuel- soil becomes more exposed to wind & rain & is eroded away
                                          1. refugees putting increased pressure on local resources, use available firewood & cause deforestation
                                            1. polluting water sources (poor waste disposal infrastructure)
                                              1. uncontrolled deforestation taking place groups participate in logging to fund conflict & for construction.
                                                1. gov allowing/funding janjaweed to do 'scortched earth' policy (burn everything)
                                                  1. IDP camps unsustainable groundwater extraction, need more than 1,000m3/day & 5 of 12 bore holes ran dry
                                                    1. land mines from war exploding - 32% of land
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