The project seeks to address the challenges that rural communities living in and around wildlife areas face in building viable livelihoods out of their livestock, land and other resources. Outdated restrictions in place to cur risks from Foot and Mouth Disease from wildlife to livestock, including bans on livestock sales and extensive fencing to separate wildlife & livestock, have heightened poverty & land degradation & blocked wildlife routes. The rangelands compone of the project is based on the Herding for Health (H4H) model. Conservation agreements underpin the model, providing economic & other incentives or benefits to communities to improve management of their natural resources.