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Improved governance of natural resources is
crucial for building climate resilient livelihoods and
economies in Africa’s drylands. This paper looks
at why the authority and capacity of customary
natural resource management institutions has been
weakened, and how this impacts on resource
governance and climate resilience. Our case study
looks at a new hybrid form of customary/formal
institution that is emerging as a response to the
stagnation of development and increasing conflict
around resource access. The paper demonstrates
that legitimising and supporting customary institutions
can be a more successful and sustainable approach
to addressing the ‘drylands development deficit’
than projects that focus on technical fixes or work in
parallel to customary institutions.