Barchan dunes on the coastal plain of Ceel Dhere District, Galgaduud Region. Wind-driven sands are common to the coastal regions of Somalia. Mainguet (1985) reports on the status of sand movement in southern and central Somalia.
I want to thank Michael Madany and Amy Thurow for providing hard copies of many of the documents, Mary Barkworth for general assistance, and Jon Herlocker for crucial financial and technical support.
This post presents documents relevant to more than one part (North, Center, South) of Somalia as it was in 1989. Some may also apply to rangelands in eastern Ethiopia and northeastern Kenya.
Desmond Mahony’s Trees of Somalia, and its Somali translation by Ibrahim, include information ranging from descriptions of 94 tree species to their range, climatic requirements, uses and methods of propagation,
The British Forestry Project studied charcoal production in southern Somalia (Trump 1986; Bird & Shepherd 1988). However, this industry is also important elsewhere as witnessed by these charcoal-laden trucks in Central Somalia.
Livestock keeping by pastoralists is the most widespread production system in Somalia. Thus, the relevance of A Range Management Handbook for Somalia (Field 1981).
Figure from Baumann et at. 1993. Pastoral production in Central Somalia.
MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS
_______.1977. Request by the Government of Somalia to the World Food Programme for the expansion of Project Somalia 719: Reforestation and Rangeland Development.
USAID. 1984. United States economic assistance to Somalia.
Field. 1980. The measurement of rangeland resources in Somalia.
Field, D. 1981. A handbook of range management for Somalia.
Herlocker, et al. 1997. Renewable natural resources and production systems: Issues and priorities.
Ibrahim. 1992. ASTAAMAHA, FAA ’IIDOOYINKA IYO XANAANNADA DHIRTA SOOMAALIYEED. (Somali translation of Trees of Somalia by Mahony, 1990)
IUCN. 1997. Strategic framework for sustainable natural resources management in Somalia.
Mahony. 1990. Trees of Somalia: A field guide for development workers.
Mainguet. 1984. Inventory of sand movement in Somalia.
Watson. 1981. Development in the Somali rangelands: A discussion paper.
PUBLISHED PAPERS
Bally. 1966. Enquiry into the occurrence of the Yeheb nut (Cordeauxia edulis Hemsl.) in the Horn of Africa.
Barkhadle. 1993. The Somali traditional “Deegaan” ecological classification system.
Hemming. 1998. The vegetation and soils of Somalia.
Roti-Michelozzi. 1907. Cordeauxia edulis.
Simonetta & Simonetta. 1983. An outline of the status of the Somali fauna and of its conservation and management problems.
Thurow. 1996. Ecology and behavior of Speke’s Gazelle Gazella spekei Blyth.
Thurow. 2013. Gazella spekei SPEKE’S GAZELLE.
Thurow et al. 1989. Development projects and Somali pastoralism.
(Also see Thurow et al. 1991. Rangeland development innovations for communal land management – A Somali case study in https://storiesofeastafrica.com/central-rangelands-of-somalia-published-papers-and-reports/ )
BRITISH FORESTRY PROJECT SOMALIA
Bird & Sheperd. 1988. Charcoal in Somalia: A woodfuel inventory in the Bay region of Somalia.
Bowen,. 1986. A forestry research programme for Somalia.
Branc. 1960. First experimental results of the introduction of forest tree species into Somalia (1954 – 1958).
Giorgetti, et al. 1982. Chemical composition and estimation of the digestibility of natural forage in Somalia.
Leslie. 1989? Tree phenology and seed collection report.
Luchini. 1948. Useful Timbers of Italian Somalia.
Preto. 1976. Forestry conditions and prospects in Somalia.
Trump. 1986. Report of vegetation ecologist.