… This paper arose from a comparative study of the management of communal rangelands in
… This paper focusses upon the technical basis of current rangeland policy, with only passing …

… Land degradation is a threat to the productivity of these systems, with an estimated cost of …
), and under very high stocking rates many rangeland types under common management have …

… opposed the communal use of the rangelands and traditional … populations, resulting in land
degradation and depletion of … , rangelands that are subjected to an optimum stocking rate …

… that communual rangeland management policies in Botswana … rangelands, the nature of
rangeland degradation, and the benefits of destocking. Consequently, inappropriate policies, …

… policy, which gives tackling environmental degradation in the … He claimed that the high
stocking rates of the communal areas … stocking rates over some time, the rangelands of the …

… Analysis of the rangeland policy in the three case studies … model; and the environmental
degradation and tragedy of the commons … Stocking rates are assumed to exceed the ecological …

… mitigating strategies such as selling animals during the dry season to reduce stocking rate.
… and management of communal rangelands in order to prevent land degradation should be …

… rangeland management strategies to reduce or adapt to land … and livestock under higher
stocking rates, concluding that, ‘… or adapt to rangeland degradation in communal systems, the …

… stocking rate in the semi-arid and arid rangelands of the Cape Province is unrelated to market
forces or state policy … sheep contribute to environmental degradation around water points. …

… policy and investment programs to address rangeland … reducing land degradation and
improving rangeland productivity … of natural regeneration, soil and water conservation measures, …