Tenure, livelihoods and sustainable development — multiple stakeholder platforms for natural resource management in rangelands

Abstract

People's livelihoods and regional stability are often threatened by demands on the natural resources of rangelands by different groups. Conflict over landuse exists, for example, between conservationists and pastoralist, pastoralists and crop farmers, water provision and pastoralists. Ways of resolving this conflict and avoiding it in the future will be explored