In recent years, there has been severe deforestation in the Gardafuu region, especially in the areas under the control of Bargal District.
The Puntland Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Climate Change, which is responsible to the Puntland government, has not launched an awareness campaign or operation to combat deforestation and charcoal burning in Bargal district, and the government appears to be only protecting its small tax revenue from deforestation. A national disaster that destroys the environment and the world.
Local community elders and civil society groups, who could not bear the devastating effects of felling trees and burning coal on the environment, have called on President Saeed Abdullahi Dini to put an end to this destruction.
Puntland officials have repeatedly promised to expand government services to off-road areas, and areas away from major cities but this does not appear to go beyond words and officials' press conferences.
