Unfavorable Influences on Natural forests at Refugees Camp in Qala Elnahal Locality,Gedaref State

The settlement of refugees in the area created an environmental problem such as the misuse of natural forests, extensive cultivation, continuous cutting down of trees to satisfy their basic needs for energy and removal of trees form land for cultivation and housing purposes. The objectives of research consist of estimation of the area cleared from forests, the numbers of trees cleared, and the consumption of firewood and charcoal and to suggest suitable recommendations to minimize the environmental degradation in the area. The methodology depends on using the archival methods done by the legal authorities for calculation of the total area cleared, removal of trees, consumption of firewood and charcoal. The results explained that the total area cleared for settlement and agriculture are equals to 14290 ha while the total trees cut down for housing and renovation, agriculture, settlement, firewood and charcoal were equals to 24844320 trees. On the other hand the total consumption of firewood and charcoal were equals to 331800 cubic meters and 3981600 sacks of charcoal respectively. The results explain the scale of environmental degradation in the natural forests is grieved to anyone who loves the