Assessing the impact of refugees on natural forest at el tinedba camp using remote sensing

الملخص EN

The study area of El Tinedba is located near El Rahad River.

The refugees settled in two stages, reception one and reception two since the years 1981 and 1999.

The total populationis 6810 refugees They depend on agriculture and herd.

The area for study Avas demarcated, where their activities towards the forest concentrated on.

The results Iioav that, the area of the forest Avas 4177.8 in 1996 which is equal to about 15.9% of the total area compare with (he 1.5% of the area remain in 2004.

The rate of change of natural forest at El Tinedba site is -21.3.

The study shows that, the rate of degradation is very fast and recently is very noticeable.ُ