Sudan: Sudan’s East Darfur Embracing Shared Natural Resource Management to Curb Conflict

Nov 30, 2018 | UN Environment
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As in many parts of western Sudan, Ismail and other East Darfur residents have for decades lived in a fragile environment characterized by climatic variability and periods of shortage. Historically, livelihoods, population levels and social structures were adapted to this fragile context, and, while conflict and famine occurred, traditional coping strategies and forms of conflict resolution generally enabled harmonious co-existence between communities and ethnic groups engaged in different livelihoods.