Dinder-Nationalpark

The Dinder National Park is located in the east of Sudan on the border with Ethiopia. It was founded in 1935 under British colonial rule. Its area was expanded in 1983 to about 10,000 km ², making it spread over three states: Sennar, al - Qadarif and Nile al - azraq. In 1979 he was declared a Biosphere Reserve, in addition, it is also included as an important wetland in the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.

His name derives from the eponymous river Dinder Park, which originates in Ethiopia and only seasonal water leads. Another significant flow is Rahad representing the north boundary of the park.

The park is divided into different ecological zones. The dominant variants of this are savannahs and tree savannah areas, river ecosystems and the so-called Maya. These are typically sinks or former river loops that hold well into the dry season water into it. They have a paramount importance in the supply of wild animals with water and fresh grass.

Although there are many problems still a rich flora and fauna. Mention may be made especially large mammals, such as baboons, various species of gazelle, buffalo and lions, and the many species of birds. Giraffes and elephants are extinct due to poaching and lack of habitats. In 2005, elephants were spotted for the first time, who immigrated from neighboring Ethiopia.

The Dinder National Park is currently the only national park Sudan, for which there is a management plan that will be implemented to a large extent. However, the park with some of the problems faced. The pressure exerted by the population of the area of ​​the park is great. The pastures for the animals and the land for the fields are scarce and the park seems to offer an almost inexhaustible source of these much-needed resources. The socio-economic situation of large parts of the population is very weak and the park offers a relatively easy way to top up their income and thus to securing food for the family. Because the park is too large to be monitored by the rangers everywhere. If illegal activities discovered to harsh penalties. A shepherd must discard half of his flock, which is equivalent to approximately halve the income.