Seventeenth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability

Abstract

This study was conducted at west Kordofan State, Sudan to investigate the perception of pastoralists towards the use of rangelands and climate change. Methods were used to collection of data from the pastoralists, using a questionnaire, personal interviews and actual empirical determinations were used vegetation measurements. Finding results the vegetation cover was degraded according to respondents on current rather than past. Invaders plants that ranked high recently include Sida cordifolia, Cassia tora and Calotropis procera. Plants detect had high vegetation surveying were also cited by pastoralists. There was reasonable agreement between our measurement findings and pastoralists’ perceptions regarding vegetation cover changes. Also local herder’s indicted animal production was effected by climate change. The study concludes that pastoralists’ perceptions give reasonable indicators for rangelands and climate change as a measure of sustainable development in the region. It is recommended that these findings should be considered as a basis for a database in the state, which will be invaluable in sustainable management strategies.