Hussein Sulieman
| Hussein M. Sulieman obtained his BSc in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, MSc in Forestry and PhD in Natural Sciences. Currently he is affiliated to University of Gadarif, Sudan as Assistant Professor and Director of the Remote Sensing Unit. His work experience and professional are in the area of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System. His main research interest include Socio-spatial analysis of land-use/land-cover changes, climate change and variability and scientific interpretation of local knowledge. Email: hmsulieman@yahoo.com |
Research on Land-grabbing:
Land Grabbing along Livestock Migration Routes in Gadarif State, Sudan: Impacts on Pastoralism and the Environment
Dispossessing pastoralists of their traditional system and put it under commercial farming system are disseminating a cruel dilemma of increasing resources conflict and environmental degradation in Sudan. This is one of the reasons that the country has earned a reputation as a home of bloody civil wars and the country is unlikely to see lasting peace unless such issues has been addressed. The aim of the research is to show recent grapping of grazing land along transhumance migration routes in Gadarif State (eastern Sudan) due to encroachment of large-scale mechanized farming. The project depends on review of land legislation policy of Gadarif State, field visits, interview with different groups of stakeholders. Satellite imagery and Geographical Information System will be used in order to analyze the land-use change along livestock routes and producing relevant map layers. Recommendations aiming at setting up the major constraints and forward appropriate development policy will be stated.
