Use of Plantation Establishment and Livelihood Improvement Scheme (Pelis) in the Rehabilitation of Nyamweru Forest Reserve, Kiambu County, Kenya
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2023-12
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IJRRS
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PELIS is a program globally known as the Taungya system, which involves the allocation of parcels of land
to forest-adjacent communities to grow tree seedlings as well as carry out cultivation of crops during the
early stages of tree seedlings growth until they form canopies, with the aim of increasing forest cover. The
program has been successful in some countries, but it has failed in other countries, especially developing
countries. This study investigated the impeding factors to the realization of the PELIS program, using a case
study of the Nyamweru forest reserve in Kiambu County, Lari sub-county, Kenya. Descriptive research
design was employed, with a sample size of 40 respondents. About 80% of the results showed an apparent
weakness of the institutions mandated in the governance of the forest to effectively manage PELIS program.
The study concluded that all the challenges experienced under the PELIS program can be linked to poor
forest governance practices. The study recommended, that an integrated watershed resource management,
adoption of a bottom-up approach in order to achieve participatory forest management in all aspects of the
PELIS program, and development of a platform for awareness creation, such training and use of current
technologies, to strengthen and enhance social capital in PELIS program Management in order to,
rejuvenate and achieve the constitutional recommended 10% of forest cover in Kenya.
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Kamau, J. K., Gikonyo, S. W., & Mingâ, F. L. (2023). Use of Plantation Establishment and Livelihood Improvement Scheme (Pelis) in the Rehabilitation of Nyamweru Forest Reserve, Kiambu County, Kenya. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 7(12), 926-937.