For the pronghorn and 25 other endangered or threatened species, these are the hardest living conditions in the United States, and they are made
worse by livestock grazing, recreational and urban development, hunting and poaching, and the effects of climate change.
It contains field reporting on: climate - related problems and threats such as desertification in Nigeria, soil salination in Senegal, and the lack of technical support available to smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe; the range of responses and solutions adopted
by farmers and governments; and how
livestock - raising communities in the Kenyan county of Turkana are facing up to one of the
worst droughts in living memory.