Role of Environmental Governance in the Management of Land Degradation in the East Mau Forest Complex, Kenya.

Abstract

Transformation of forest to agriculture, creation of industries, imminent human activities and construction of infrastructures has been identified as the core drivers of land degradation been carried out by most forest conservation workshops. The objectives are; to assess the principal drivers / causes of land degradation in the Mau Forest Complex, to analyze the environmental effects of land degradation by the Mau Forest complex, to find out the role of environmental governance on curbing land degradation by the Mau Forest community and to examine the challenges affecting environmental governance approach in exacerbating land degradation in Mau Forest. The theories involved are the natural resource bases theory and the peoples centered theory to conduct the study. The study adopts a descriptive survey research design which is mixed method research that covers both the qualitative and quantitative approach. A sample size of 350 respondents out of 1,200 will be picked using simple stratified random sampling techniques. The study will use questionnaires, interview guides and focus group discussions to collect primary data, the quantitative data from questionnaires will be analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages. The qualitative data from interviews and focus group discussions will be analyzed using content analysis