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  Land, people and forests in Eastern and Southern Africa: a study of the impact of land relations upon community involvement in forest future

  Land Rights in Africa, Oxfam, 2000

  Examines the relationship of people’s rights in land to the manner in which they may be involved in the management of forests in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Lesotho and to a lesser degree Botswana and Swaziland.Includes examination of property relations, state power, land reform, recognition of customary rights, the changing nature o
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  Limiting livestock pressure on public rangeland in Niger

  Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1986

  The present paper is based on a participatory survey carried out in order to establish baseline information on a little known livestock production system and its role in local ecology and economy.The study is based on research in El Kala National Park (North East Algeria).This paper draws attention to some of the problems that arise in understanding the cost and benefit flows in pastoralist system
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  Enclosure if the East African rangelands: recent trends and their impact

  Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1988

  This article discusses the enclosure of rangelands and registration of exclusive rights to grazing by individuals or groups of pastoralists. This trend has been increasing greatly over the last twenty years. This occurs because:it is encouraged by governments, planners and multi-lateral donor agencies in an attempt to 'rationalise'the use of rangelands.
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  Private and communal land tenure in Morocco's western High Atlas mountains: complements, not ideological opposites

  Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1989

  In Morocco's Western High Atlas Mountains, Berber agropastoralists are oblivious to the ideological debate over land tenure occurring in the rangeland development community. Berber producers of sheep and goats use a continuum of tenure institutions, from private ownership, to communal control, to uncontrolled, open range.
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  Aspects of resource conflict in semi-arid Africa

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1999

  The present century has seen a significant real increase in resource conflict in semi-arid Africa. The most important causes of this are human population increase and the globalisation of the economy. Such conflicts reflect both point resources (mines, farms, reserves) and ecozonal conflicts (water, grazing and hunting rights).
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  Economic and ecological carrying capacity implications for livestock development in the dryland communal areas of Zimbabwe

  Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1989

  Carrying capacity (CC) is a term often talked about in relation to livestock in the communal areas (CAs). It is the source of much confusion. This discussion paper will hopefully clarify some of the issues and make the implications for the policy debate clearer. It is based on the preliminary findings of field work carried out in Zvisharane District during 1986 and 1987.
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  The communal grazing cell experience in Botswana

  Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1987

  This article discusses the zoning of 'Communual Areas' on tribal grazing land in Botswana, in which communities retain collective land rights.From the experience gained during six years of attempting to establish and operate communal grazing cells a number of conclusions can be drawn in relation to co-operative action and development project approaches and in the communal areas of Botswana
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  Open-range management and property rights in pastoral Africa: a case of spontaneous range enclosure in South Darfur, Sudan

  Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1985

  The enclosure of open rangeland and its allocation to individuals or groups is a component of many African livestock development projects. In project after project, however, pastoralists have declined to fence or reallocate ownership of their land according to project specifications.
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  Comments on papers 29b (De Leeuw and Tothill 1990) and 28b (Scoones 1989)

  Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1990

  In their recent paper, de Leeuw and Tothill (1990) discussed the shortcomings of estimating carrying capacity (CC) of pastoral systems in Africa. They noted the difficulty of determining available forage per animal due to high annual and spatial variability in plant production, seasonal changes in forage quantity and quality, livestock species mix, and the use of supplemental feeds.
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  The decline of common property resources in Rajasthan, India

  Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1986

  This paper examines the decline of common property resources in the arid zone of Rajasthan in India and the factors underlying the decline.The article concludes that:well-intentioned public programmes like land reformcan deprive a region of its comparative advantage in a key economic activity (in this case livestock farming)privatisation raises the cost of livestock raising and, hen

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