Commissioned within the context of the Cross-Border Community Resilience (CBCR) Activity, this Natural Resources Management (NRM) assessment report presents a comprehensive overview of the existing resource and natural resource management systems in the Moyale cluster. In so doing, the assessment examines the existing natural resources in the cluster, ownership and control of these resources among men and women, the formal and informal NRM arrangements at the local, national and regional levels, and changes in the natural resources over the years, as occasioned by climate change, human activity and large-scale infrastructure projects.

The report goes further to identify the main gaps in equitable and peaceful resource sharing and NRM including capacity needs at various levels, how arrangements can be strengthened, and how cross-border policies can be harmonized. Overall, this assessment provides crucial insights into the natural resource governance systems in the Moyale cluster, as well as the opportunities, deficiencies, and changes therein.

Such contextual information is important for the CBCR’s programming, particularly with regards to contributing to the livelihood and social cohesion domains in the Activity’s implementation. By and large, this NRM systems analysis is an invaluable tool in the CBCR’s goals of contributing to the resilience of the cross-border communities, and thus reducing their need for humanitarian assistance.