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\parbox[b]{13.4cm}{\centering \large{\textbf{Tropentag, September 18-21, 2016, Vienna, Austria}}\\[1ex] \Large{``Solidarity in a competing world ---\\fair use of resources''\\[2ex]}}
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\Large{\textbf{An Integrated Approach Towards Natural Resources Management and Prevention of Resource"=based Conflicts in Sudan\footnote{\textbf{Contact Address:} Amna.A Hamid, National Center for Research, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research,  Remote Sensing and Seismology Authority , Muck Nimir Street, 11111~Khartoum, Sudan, \mbox{e-mail}: \email{amnaah71@gmail.com}}\\[0.8ex]}}
\normalsize{\textsc{Amna.A Hamid$^{1}$, El  Abbas Doka$^{2}$, Eltayeb Adam$^{3}$}}
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\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{1}$National Center for Research, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research,  Remote Sensing and Seismology Authority , Sudan}}}
\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{2}$Sudan University of Science and Technology, College of Agricultural Studies, }}}
\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{3}$National Center for Research, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Remote Sensing Authority, Space Technology and Geoinformatics, }}}
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The study aims to provide evidence for the current natural resources mismanagement and to contribute in developing proper mechanism (model) to improve solidarity in natural resources management. The study area, White Nile and Sinnar States, lies within the arid and semi"=arid climatic zones of Sudan where rain"=fed farming and animal breeding are the dominant systems of food production. The successive episodes of droughts and fluctuations in rainfall patterns caused decline in land capability and reduction in crop yield. This situation forced the traditional farmers to expand and cultivate more land in most cases at the expense of the pastoral routes and transhumants. The current status triggers resource"=based conflicts and necessitates policies and strategies for proper natural resources management. The study adopted an integrated approach of combining remote sensing data (images of Landsat 1999, 2010 and 2014), field surveys, consultations and workshops and discussions with stakeholders. The research developed a conceptual model that integrated four pillars (Information Providers, natural resources managers, owners and beneficiaries of the land resources and the Policy and Decision Makers (enactment). Accordingly, the natural resources were assessed and the causes of conflict on resources were figured out. The result of this research showed evidence of natural resources deterioration and diminishing of rangelands due to agricultural expansion and mismanagement among other factors that contribute to conflicts. Rangeland in 1999 covered \mbox{40\,\%} of the total area, in 2010 \mbox{30\,\%} and in 2014 it occupied \mbox{25\,\%} of the study area. It also revealed the poor communications between the actors and the stakeholders in addition to their previous weak capacity and inadequate information on natural resources. The results of consultation and workshop discussions gained the acceptance and satisfaction of stakeholders as related to the model and the proposed integrated approach for vision, views and information exchange and sharing. The research concluded that the proposed model could be adopted to improve the solidarity in natural resources management and mitigation and prevention of conflicts in the study area and elsewhere in Sudan. 











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\noindent \textbf{Keywords:} Conceptual model, conflicts, key Words: Solidarity, natural resources
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