This document summarizes a presentation on issues relating to natural resource management among pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in East Africa. It describes the major characteristics of pastoralist systems in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Somalia and Ethiopia. It then outlines issues around land degradation, drought, sedentarization, land encroachment and lack of innovation that negatively impact the pastoralist system of natural resource management. Finally, it provides some steps taken to address these issues and critical lessons around giving communities control over natural resources.
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