(Faculty of Arts of Al-Neelain University, 2018-09) Mutasim E.Atta El Moula
This paper is aiming at examining the possibilities for reviving traditional
Sudanese institutions that once played a vital role in maintaining a viable
balance between forest resource use and environmental protection.
Data are drawn from different sources including documentary sources such as
reports, files,...etc, formal and informal interviews with officials, group leaders
and local people, and observation and the participatory rapid appraisal
(PRA).
The paper concluded that the religious Sheikh as well as administrative
Sheikh organizes grazing rights and solve disputes. The administrative Sheikh
and Forest Guards are responsible for forest conservation and protection
