 The natural environment is fairly degraded as it faces threat of severe drought with high temperatures and perennial outbreak of bush fires.It is evident that high population densities (especially in towns) with high demand for land for constructional activities, extensive cultivation, over-grazing, erratic rainfall and the extent of devastation do affect the natural environment thereby exposing it to desertification.Illegal surface mining is a major threat to the environment by degrading land and pollution of water bodies.