Economic policies and rangeland degradation in Botswana

Jaap W. Arntzen

Journal of International Development, 1990, vol. 2, issue 4, 471-499

Abstract: The author addresses himself to the factors responsible for current trends in Botswana's rangeland degradation. and what the Government could do to arrest it. He considers the evidence for degradation, its causes and effects. Economic policies to promote the livestock sector – especially the price of meat and livestock subsidies – have stimulated the growth of livestock numbers. At thesame time, there has been no attempt to recover from livestock owners the true economic cost of their activities on the environment. The author is critical of moves towards effective privatization of rangeland use, compared with the former system of communal management.

Date: 1990
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