What rights and benefits? The implementation of participatory forest management in Kenya: The case of Eastern Mau Forest Reserve
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What rights and benefits? The implementation of participatory forest management in Kenya : The case of Eastern Mau Forest Reserve. / Mutune, Jane M.; Hansen, Christian P.; Wahome, Raphael G.; Mungai, David N.
In: Journal of Sustainable Forestry, Vol. 36, No. 3, 03.04.2017, p. 230-249.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - What rights and benefits? The implementation of participatory forest management in Kenya
T2 - The case of Eastern Mau Forest Reserve
AU - Mutune, Jane M.
AU - Hansen, Christian P.
AU - Wahome, Raphael G.
AU - Mungai, David N.
PY - 2017/4/3
Y1 - 2017/4/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Community forestry
KW - decentralization
KW - forest access
KW - livelihoods
KW - user groups
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85014525664&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10549811.2017.1289105
DO - 10.1080/10549811.2017.1289105
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85014525664
VL - 36
SP - 230
EP - 249
JO - Journal of Sustainable Forestry
JF - Journal of Sustainable Forestry
SN - 1054-9811
IS - 3
ER -
ID: 196736751