Biodiversity of the Somali Peninsula; History & Challenges by Ahmed Ibrahim Awale

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I subscribed to this channel awhile back and they recently posted a video that I thought some of you would find of value. It's ~20 mins but will keep you interested throughout.

In this episode we sit down One2One with Ahmed Ibrahim Awale, specialist in Biodiversity and environmental preservationist to talk about what the history and challenges of Biodiversity in the Somali Peninsula. Among the topics covered are;

- History of Somali Peninsula and its habitat.
- Biodiversity of the area,
- plant life and species unique to the area,
- Trade and expeditions that attracted ancient empires,
- Change or decline of rich species,
- Environmental degradation due various factors,
- Nomadic lifestyle and consequence
- Big hunt games and their consequences,
- Desertification and consequence,
- development and expansion of poisonous plants,
- Draught, poor governance, conflicts and what it brought,
- Today and the conservation efforts,

 

[Gambar]

Good topic and very interesting.