s:909:"%T Enclosures to protect and conserve: for better livelihood of the West Pokot community 
%A Kitalyi, A. 
%A Alphonse, M. 
%A Suazo, J. 
%A Ogutu, F. 
%X In West Pokot District (Kenya) changes in livestock grazing patterns – due
to insecurity population pressure and drought – have led to a serious re-
duction in vegetation. Large areas once well covered with pasture and trees
have become entirely denuded eroded and useless.
Can these lands be rehabilitated? Can the agro-pastoral landowners
themselves do this with minimal ‘inputs’ or assistance from outside? How
long  does  it  take  for  an  enclosed  pasture  to  recover?  What  are  the  best
grasses  and  trees  to  use  in  regenerating  degraded  rangeland?  What  are
some of  the management methods that can prevent pastures from degrad-
ing in the first instance?
This field guide will give you the answers to these questions. 
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