They burned all of it during the 90s. All over Somalia in the 90s people were exporting charcoal like mad. Same thing almost happened in Eastern Sanaag, but there was a lady who had an NGO who stopped it.
Btw this is very bad because the soil has eroded away. What you see there is subsoil, good luck establishing anything on that.
Even when it rains the water will immediately seep into the ground, no retention whatsoever.
Which gobol do you think has the most trees? Somalis need to understand the importance of trees and need to plant a lot of it,
to prevent future droughts, erosion among other problems.
Lower Juba, Middle Juba, Lower Shabelle are the most forested in Somalia.