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Development agencies of all kinds are becoming increasingly aware of conflict as an integral part of natural resource management in the Sahel. This paper examines the question of what roles development agencies could or should play in the context of supporting natural resource management systems, where conflict between different resource user groups is an integral part of resource use. It considers how development agencies can work with existing customary institutions in the current context of institutional uncertainty and complexity. The paper looks at a natural forest management project at El Ain in North Kordofan, Sudan.