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The IES has selected four major topics that are of
both national and regional significance. These topics are the focus
interdisciplinary staff research and teaching and of graduate
theses. |
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Arid Land Management |
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The research in this area investigates both the
desert encroachment problems and the effect of the ambitious desert
encroachment control and rehabilitation program. It also studies
the increasing environmental degradation associated with conversion
of the Savanna into dry or irrigated farm land. The problem of
desertification is a complex one, involving interactions among
human, animal, plant and physical systems, and is therefore, ideally
suited to the institute’s interdisciplinary research approach. |
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Freshwater Ecosystems Management |
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This is exemplified by the Blue Nile Basin Project
which aims to assess and monitor the human impact on the basin area
. The overall objective is to examine the effect of farming,
livestock raising, deforestation and growth of human settlements on
land degradation, water quality and hydroelectric power generation. |
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Urban and Regional Management |
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This is confined at present to the health,
sanitation, pollution and transportation problems of the Khartoum
area with its growing industry and population, and the
ever-increasing migration from rural areas. |
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Coastal Zone Management: |
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This is exemplified by the Red Sea coast area where a wide range of
present and potential environmental problems exist. These are
associated with industrialization around Port Sudan and concomitant
water supply and marine and freshwater pollution problems.
Pollution of Red Sea coastal water is also affecting fisheries,
oyster farming and coral reefs, and there is serious concern over
the environmental effects of the planned of extraction of Red Sea
minerals and construction of oil pipelines |
