Continuation of traditional livelihoods
The main threat to the park, and to the well-being of its local people, are the environmental problems primarily caused by uncontrolled and unsustainable grazing as discussed above. National policy permits resource use and some level of economic activity in protected areas. Local people are thus allowed, for household use only, to collect local wild food plants and timber, and graze their animals in the park. There are however concerns that current use levels are unsustainable. Park managers and partners are thus working to identify the distribution of natural resources (e.g. fodder, fish etc.) and develop agreed procedures for sustainable resource uses, as well as train local people in sustainable resource use. Examples of these activities are given below.