Pathways for improving rangeland governance under constraining land tenure systems: Application of a participatory Bayesian Belief approach.

This paper analyzes the complex relationships of factors influencing rangeland governance in arid areas. A Bayesian Belief Network (BBN) model was developed a participatory way to illustrate and assess weight combination environmental, social institutional enabling achievement strengthened at local level. The applied Tataouine situated south Tunisia. diagram built most important interactions between socioecological system components. Then, BBN for predictive purpose, by inserting evidence conditional probabilities on frequent land tenure systems region, thus exploring pathways improve under each these systems. Results show that overall improvement study area is highly related type system, performances farmers organizations, clarification boundaries neighboring rangelands, diversification production place including other agricultural activities addition pastoralism. Pastoral areas with characterized combined grazing private collective rangelands were revealed be constraining successful governance. However, even such set attributes, especially relation empowerment organizations can help improving