The ensuing challenges of desertification and drought are some of the world’s most complex, threatening community and national stability. Desertification has worked in concert with climate change to impoverish the lands and their dependent communities. Contrary to misinformation that conservancies exclude community livestock, they in fact encompass grazing plans based on traditional grazing norms. There is scientific evidence that non-managed, open access areas with weak traditional grazing management, plant diversity and productivity have declined. Therefore, the conservancy model of land management promises a practical way to mitigate drought, curb desertification and manage climate change.

Source: Standard Digital June 23, 2021 16:41 UTC