Research, Policy and Practice
Table 1 Investments and policies required along the aridity continuum
From: Policies in support of pastoralism and biodiversity in the heterogeneous drylands of East Africa
Dry sub-humid |
Continuum | Arid or semi-arid |
|---|---|---|
● Protect access to communal resources (water and seasonal forage for wildlife and livestock) ● Ensure effective regulation of transhumance ● Compensation for wildlife damage ● Focus on diversification strategies to protect biodiversity ● Promote crop-livestock systems ● Promote crops that complement ‘pastoralism and biodiversity’ | ● Enable livestock mobility to maintain livestock-biodiversity corridors ● Strengthen communal resource management ● Focus on diversification to promote resilience ● Develop integrated pasture-water monitoring and management systems and institutions ● Provide infrastructure for integrated rangeland-water management ● Risk management and safety nets (e.g. insurance) |
