Environment and conflict in Sudan

I've moved to the Sudan... and I'm sitting under a fan in Khartoum writing this... I've now been here a couple of weeks and am no longer totally lost. I've a new job as the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Representative for Sudan. We hail from UNEP's Post-Conflict and Disaster Management Branch, which addresses the links between environment (or more specifically, 'natural resources') and conflict.

The Sudan programme has had a fantastic start through a two-year project to create a Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment for Sudan, which was published this year and is one of the best surveys of the challenges of a developing country environment you will find anywhere - a tribute to the energy and drive of Andrew Morton, who led the effort. The assessment develops some 85 recommendations, and our job here is to make as much of that happen as we can.
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