Overview, Objectives

Overall objective

• Ecologically and economically sustainable natural resource management, and
• Reduction in the level of conflict among the target population.

Value added for the Government

• Potentially higher income from livestock taxes,
• Higher and more sustainable return on marginal lands, and optimal utilization of the various agro-ecological zones,
• Reduction of conflicts, and
• Protection of natural resources, the environment (including biodiversity protection), and nomadic culture.

Value added for the World Bank

The project will provide more clarity regarding:

• The importance of pastoralism in the rural economy of a Sahelian country,
• The importance of traditional knowledge in traditional/local natural resource management, and
• The relevance of embedding traditional values in the content or regulations/laws, and of respecting tradition in form and concept of regulations/laws for the respect of and adherence to regulations/laws.

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