What rights and benefits? The implementation of participatory forest management in Kenya: the case of Eastern Mau forest reserve
Date
2017Author
Mutune, Jane M.
Christian, P H
Wahome, Raphael G
Mungai, David N
Type
ArticleLanguage
enMetadata
Show full item recordAbstract
The study espoused the access analytical framework to investigate how introduction of Participatory Forest Management (PFM) in Kenya has changed the various actors’ ability to benefit from the forest resources of Eastern Mau Forest Reserve. Data collected through key informant interviews, and a household survey showed that implementation of PFM has triggered new income opportunities for forest adjacent communities in seedling production and beekeeping. However, PFM bestowed no real decision-making powers to the established Community Forest Associations (CFAs) over important forest resources such as timber and firewood. Members of the local communities and other actors have continued to access these resources through various structural and relational means, in the same way as before the introduction of PFM. Further, it is documented that PFM has introduced additional burdens on the local communities, especially the poorest households, as a result of increased enforcement of rules. Based on these findings, it is suggested that the PFM policy in Kenya, in its current form, is unlikely to realize its dual objectives of forest conservation and livelihood enhancement. To attain them would require a further devolution of rights to the CFAs.
URI
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10549811.2017.1289105http://hdl.handle.net/11295/100645
Citation
Mutune, Jane M., et al. "What Rights and Benefits? the Implementation of Participatory Forest Management in Kenya: the Case of Eastern Mau Forest Reserve." Journal of Sustainable Forestry just-accepted (2017).Publisher
University of Nairobi
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United StatesUsage Rights
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/Collections
The following license files are associated with this item: