Community resource mapping is not a new approach for engaging the resource users in identification and characterization of natural resources for the purpose of informing management decisions. The product is a visually prepared mental map showing spatial and temporal distribution of resources and their status.

Prossopis juliflora is a famous plant for the wrong things; all we hear about it is its invasiveness, leading to loss of pasture, septic wounds caused by the thorns on animals and humans, among other environmental ills. This has been the basis of the efforts towards eradicating it from the African arid and semi-arid rangelands where it has colonized thousands of hectares of land.