A Field Guide to Pastoralist-led Rangelands Assessment

Community-Led Rangelands Assessment promotes the use of traditional or indigenous knowledge of pastoralists, as the dominant group utilizing rangelands, to guide planning and management of rangelands resources to support and build resilient pastoral livelihoods. Use of traditional knowledge is considered cheaper, easier to use and replicable. It promotes the respect of local communities’ culture and its integration into scientific methods. The use of traditional knowledge, which has been tried, tested and refined over many years, forms a tangible basis on which to evaluate and guide interventions in the rangelands.