 PRM improves rangeland and livestock productivity,
strengthening the governance and management of
rangelands.
 PRM improves relationships between pastoralists,
other land users and local government by providing
greater visibility to their land use, reducing land use
conflicts and creating incentives for investments to
improve land productivity.
 The PRM process ensures women are included in
community decision-making and granted greater
access to and control over rangeland resources.
 Participatory rangeland management plans
incentivize communities to undertake activities such
as removal of invasive species, rangeland restoration
and planned grazing.
Better managed rangelands and more
resilient pastoral systems through
participatory rangeland management
(PRM) in Tanzania
• Pastoral areas suffer from poor tenure security,
weakened governance and institutions, lost/
fragmented grazing areas and blocked migration
routes.
• Climate change is worsening the situation, impacting
livelihoods and rangeland productivity, reducing the
resilience of pastoral systems and their ecosystems.
• Communities and governments lack the capacity to
deal with these challenges, reducing their ability to
cope with drought and other crises.
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Fiona Flintan, ILRI
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Jason Sircely, ILRI
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Progress/outcomes
Context
Our innovative approach
Participatory rangeland management (PRM):
• Builds capacities of communities to improve
rangeland management, good governance and the
technical and planning capacities of government to
support them.
• Guides communities to coordinate and implement
management practices they already use.
• Encourages communities to reflect on and improve
management practices and make decision
processes more equitable and gender inclusive.
Source:
Flintan
and
Cullis
(2010)
Community mapping in Baringo. County female PRM facilitators are motivating women to be active
participants in their community’s decision-making processes. Photo Marco Buemi/ILRI
• 161,144 hectares of grazing land was secured through
joint village land use planning in Kiteto district,
Manyara region and is being improved through PRM
• Certificates of customary rights of occupancy (CCROs)
are being issued to groups of livestock keepers to
secure the grazing lands.
• Rangeland management committees have been
established with more than 40% female
representation
• We work with the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries
Development to develop guidelines on PRM and
open dialogue on the need for a more facilitating
policy environment for PRM, including supporting
policy and legislation.
• PRM is now being upscaled to new village clusters.
PRM has global application under the UN Decade of
Ecosystem Restoration and the upcoming 2026 UN-
designated Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists.