By the East African. 

African scholars on land management in Africa should empower communities in drylands in promoting sustainable use of the natural resources towards profit making, a UN official said on Tuesday in Nairobi.

UNDP resident representative Nardos Bekele-Thomas said that the increasing degradation of ecosystems and the growing impacts of climate change urgently call for a change in the way natural resources are managed.

She noted that teamwork is needed in transforming community’s social development. “Sharing knowledge on sustainable land management with communities with evidence-based projects can empower them to manage the resources effectively,” she said during the launch of a new book titled Sustainable Land Management in Drylands of Kenya, in Nairobi.