Al-Shabaab is one of the most dangerous terrorist groups in Somalia which organize terrorist attacks that claim the lives of the civilian and the government officials. Even though this is not related to Somaliland, the effects of this terrorist group can profoundly reach the region since the two countries are neighbors. The source to finance their terrorist missions is charcoal which is one of the environmental damages made in Somalia and Somaliland every day.

Charcoal has been a source of livelihood and energy for the local populations of Somalia and Somaliland which has become more popular since the fall of Somalia?s regime in 1991. Somaliland people gained their independence after 1991 where people started to cut down trees, turn them into charcoal and sell in the public which covered livelihoods of the poor families right after the independence and Somalia was the same. In addition, Al-Shabaab became the dominant terrorist group in Somalia since 2009 which managed to capture some of the biggest regions in Somalia using charcoal to finance most of terrorist missions and explosions in Somalia and also Kenya.

 In most of the cases, Al-Shabaab fighters mobilize locally available resources including charcoal and banana to recruit young fighters and at the same time buy new weapons and vehicles to carry out explosions which claimed the lives of more than 10,000 people in Somalia and Somaliland. in 2008, Al-Shabaab militants attached Somaliland Presidential Palace, the UNDP Centre in Somaliland and the office of Ethiopian Ambassador in Somaliland. There are times when Al-Shabaab Fighters block resources from the main cities and create increase in the commodity prices.

Moreover, these negative consequences can be addressed by using natural resources as elements for peacebuidling and peace talks between Al-Shabaab and the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS). Since charcoal and other natural resources of banana and vegetables play excellent role in the local economy, state authorities, business sector and the international organizations should build local capacity to utilize the local resources to future income generations.