Agriculture, Pastoralism and Protected Areas: tensions and solutions for the future of rural communities in Central Africa and in the Sahel

The conference on "Agriculture, Pastoralism and Protected Areas: tensions and solutions for the future of rural communities in Central Africa and in the Sahel" aims to:

• Present the state of knowledge on the causes and consequences of tensions between agropastoral activities and protected areas within the Sahelian and Sudano-Guinean ecosystems;
• Review the modes of governance and technical innovations making it possible to better manage the interface zones between agropastoral areas and protected areas, in order to promote the sustainable development of agropastoral territories;
• Encourage the establishment of consultation bodies between territorial governance stakeholders so that they can together build future scenarios integrating the demands of agropastoral households and environmental conservation issues.

The conference will include plenary presentations as well as workshops to present experiences or work. Particular attention will be paid to debates between resource users in order to bring about consensus between points of view.