Waithaka, MichaelKameri-Mbote, PatriciaMusaasizi, Joel2010-03-242010-03-242007http://hdl.handle.net/10625/42488The complex land tenure, ownership, and use systems in areas where pastoralists and sedentary farmers eke out a living raises conflicts in various communities. Managing natural resources cuts across sectoral boundaries that link activities in many areas. This briefing paper outlines conditions of scarcity and depletion of natural resources, as well providing examples of best practices and conflict-minimizing strategies such as: devolution of rights to local communities; diversification of activities around protected wildlife and forest areas; land use planning, and policy interventions that are pro-poor.1 digital file (5 p.)application/pdfenNATURAL RESOURCE CONFLICTSRIGHT TO NATURAL RESOURCES CONTROLCONFLICT RESEARCHSEMI-ARID REGIONSPASTORALISMAGROPASTORAL SYSTEMSECOSYSTEMSNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTSOUTH OF SAHARAPolicy Brief