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Rangeland governance in an open system: Protecting transhumance corridors in the Far North Province of Cameroon

Rangeland governance in an open system: Protecting transhumance corridors in the Far North Province of Cameroon

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Date of publication
december 2013
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ISBN / Resource ID
AGRIS:US201400036742
Pages
78

The mobile pastoral system in the far north region of Cameroon is an excellent example of the paradox of pastoral land tenure, in that pastoralists need secure access to pasture and water, but also flexibility in resource use, i.e. the ability to move elsewhere because of spatio-temporal variation in resource availability. In this paper, we draw from our collective research and development experience with mobile pastoralists and discuss how non-governmental organisations have used ordinances and bureaucratic procedures to protect pastoral resources, in particular transhumance corridors that connect seasonal grazing lands in the far north region. We argue that the mobile pastoral system is best understood as an open system and explain what the implications are for the protection of pastoral resources. We argue that delimiting and protecting transhumance corridors is not the panacea, and we conclude with a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of this approach.

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Moritz, Mark
Larisa Catherine, Bebisse
Drent, Albert K
Kari, Saïdou
Mouhaman, Arabi
Scholte, Paul

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