Mey Eltayeb Ahmed

The National and Indigenous Management of Environmental Conflicts: in the Savannah Belt, Sudan Case Studies of the Blue Nile and Nuba Mountains Mey Eltayeb Ahmed

This research seeks to understand the management of natural resource conflicts in the Savannah belt in Sudan, focusing on the interaction between indigenous and central governmental conflict management mechanisms. By analyzing the various actors' perceptions, interests and needs regarding different conflict management mechanisms, the study aims to indicate conflict management mechanisms appropriate to the Savannah region in Sudan. Conceptionally, the research explores how approaches from legal pluralism and conflict transformation can be synthesized and adapted to a different cultural setting to analyze how to mitigate environmental conflicts.