Importance of Livestock Routes for Local, National and Regional Development: Their Mapping, Serving & Protection

Abstract

On Tuesday 8th September a meeting was held on the “Importance of Livestock Routes 
for Local, National and International Development: Their Mapping Servicing and 
Protection.”The meeting was organised through the Rangeland Management Platform 
– a forum organised by the Pastoral Livestock Development Directorate, State Ministry 
of Livestock Development Sector (MoA) and the Ethiopian Society of Agricultural 
Production/Pasture Rangelands Forum Ethiopia.
The objectives of the meeting were:
• To share experiences of mapping, servicing and protecting livestock routes in 
Ethiopia and neighbouring countries; and
• To identify opportunities for better understanding, servicing and protecting 
livestock routes in future, and suggestions as to how this could be achieved in 
Ethiopia