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Addressing gaps in our knowledge about how these systems can be
improved
Does the addition of livestock to wildlife -only systems in eastern Africa
improve biodiversity and nutrient cycling? What social institutions best
promote mobility and flexibility of land use among pastoralists and what
policy alternatives can strengthen these institutions (de Haan, 1999)? What
information is most useful to pastoralists and policy-makers, and in what form
is it most easily accessible to each group ? What types of incentive encourage
extensification rather than intensification of pastoral ecosystems ? How can
pastoralists be compensated for protecting environmental goods and services
of benefit to the globe? Will carbon credits work for pastoral lands? How can
pastoralists take advantage of global conventions and funders (UN Convention
to Combat Desertification (CCD); Global Environment Facility (GEF))?
How can pastoralism be better integrated with crop cultivation in areas where
such integration would be beneficial? How and when is co-conservation
(integration of pastoral production and biodiversity conservation) most
successful in eastern Africa?
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