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Table 4 Herder scouts and ecologist's assessments of the Matheniko rangelands at landscape scale

From: Harnessing pastoralists' indigenous knowledge for rangeland management: three African case studies

Transect name

Landscape classificationa

Soil indicatorb

Season of grazing

cGrazing suitability5 (GS)

dLandscape grazing potential6 (LGP)

Conditione

Trendsf WC

GPg

Degradationh

Moru Kakeroi

Angromit nalokob emoru j

With Pebbles, soil colour variedk

Dry

Cattle-High

High-cattle

Excellent

Stable

Light

Amoone l

       

WC 30%

  

Nakilorom

Angromit nararuakinit n

Lava stone, dark soil

Wet/dry

Camels-high

High-camels

Fair

Declining

Heavy

Erekeny°

    

Goats-moderate

  

WC 40%

HC < 20%

 

Kautakowup

Eketela longiro q

White-red

Wet

Cattle-high

High-cattle

Good

Stable

Light-Moderate

Amoone napachol r

       

WC 25%

> 40%

 

Morlinga

Ekowath s

Mixed

Home garden

Cattle-high

High-cattle

Good

Stable

Moderate

Nginarekeny t

Namorungora

Arro

Black

Dry

Cattle-high

High-cattle

Fair

Downward

Heavy

Erekeny

  1. aClassified by the ngikerebo scouts.
  2. bClassified by ecologist.
  3. cRated by the ngikerebo scouts.
  4. dIbid.
  5. eJointly rated by ecologist and the ngikerebo scouts on the survey team.
  6. fRated by the ngikerebo scouts; woody cover estimated by ecologist.
  7. gGrazing pressure (GP).
  8. hJoint rating by ngikerebo scouts and ecologist.
  9. iMountain of shrine.
  10. jLandscapes with pebbles (angromit) that slopes (nalokob) from mountain (emoru).
  11. kAngromit nagor (dark soil with pebbles), Angromit narangan (stony and red).
  12. lHigh grass cover with little evidence of grazing.
  13. mBushy.
  14. nLava stones with dark sandy soil.
  15. oHeavily grazed with low grass cover.
  16. pPlateau-like.
  17. qBushed grassland.
  18. rHigh grass cover with open spaces.
  19. sTransitional landscape between Arro (black) and eketela (sandy).
  20. tSome level of use between erekeny (heavily used) to amoone (little used). The transition is called Nginarekeny.
  21. GS, grazing suitability; LGP, landscape grazing potential; WC, woody cover; GP, grazing pressure; VH, very high; H, high. The indigenous words are explained in the text.