The absence of an effective legislative, institutional and policy framework lack of technical capacity for monitoring and planning, further compound environmental problems. The environment is severely degraded and threatened with continued degradation unless action is taken to introduce and support environmentally sustainable development and practices.

These leads to repeated mistakes against of natural resources degradation as follows;

Deforestation

Deforestation is the destruction or clearing of forested lands, usually for the purposes of expanding agricultural land or for timber harvesting. Charcoal plays an important role in both the energy sectors and the economies of most African countries. Charcoal making provides a considerable amount of employment in rural areas; it also allows for a quick return on investments. However, the inefficiencies inherent to the production and use of charcoal place a heavy strain on local wood resources, resulting into severe environmental consequences. In many parts of the world, the use of charcoal has been blamed for deforestation. Deforestation in the drier parts of Africa has led to an even worse problem - desertification and the loss of thousands of species. Deforestation is the product of the interaction of many environmental, social, political, economic and cultural forces at work in any given region.

During the last several years, a new type of business was introduced in Somalia. Cutting of trees to produce charcoal for export to the Gulf States has become a big business with considerable profits. In order to optimize the operation, local businessmen introduced a new technology - battery-powered chain saws for cutting of the forests. Trees are cut down, burn and brought by trucks for export from major ports in the country, particularly Mogadishu, Kismayo and Bosaso. Most of the charcoal is made in southern Somalia, while northern and eastern regions also experience the same problem but to a lesser extent. More than 80% of the trees used for charcoal are types of Acacia, the most dominant species. It is very difficult in the present political climate to investigate and put a stop to deforestation. The lack of strong central government has created opportunities for rival warlords and profit driven businessmen to exploit the land for their own gain without regard for the natural environment. It is unsurprising that the areas with the worst rates of deforestation are in south where the warlords reign.

Inappropriate Land Use

Inappropriate land use can lead to soil degradation. Bad farming techniques are often responsible for land degradation. Leaving fields bare, or ploughing them up and down the sides of a hill can cause severe soil erosion when it rains heavily as the soil has nothing keeping it in place. When the left over parts of crops and animal manure are ploughed back into the soil they serve to replenish and fertilize it. However, if the crops are cut to be fed to animals and the manure is burnt as a fuel, the soil will have no way of replenishing itself, and decreases in fertility. Sometimes landowners make changes in the way they use the land in an attempt to make the land more productive, but often these changes damage the land and actually make it less productive.

In Somalia especially southern where most of productive land has associated, inappropriate land use are common because bad farming system which leads soil degradation, and most farmers they can’t afford high technology which can lead them for appropriate allocation the plot of land they have. More to this, planning of land in way which different types of land units compatible for its use its important for farming system, for example around river shabele most farmers plant hillsides that cause soil erosion because at the time of rainfall all minerals may seep down in to the river hence cause adverse effect to the aquatic life. People are continue to settle fragile places such wetland which are very important for live of human and as whole of other living organisms because lack policy which restrict to settle these places.