Guidelines for Establishment of Partnerships, Forest Resources and Resource User’s Boundaries in Kenya
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Date
2021
Authors
Ming’ate, Felix Lamech Mogambi
Mũsingo, Tito E. Mbuvi
Nahama, Eric Tetea
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Publisher
B P International
Abstract
Participatory forest management has been globally studied and it has been argued that clearly
defined boundaries for access of the community forest resources will lead to sustainable use of
resources and enhanced sustainable livelihoods to the communities dependent on the forests for their
survival. In contrast, however current studies indicate that while there are efforts to define spatial
boundaries of resource use and the resource users within the community based forest management
approaches, the definition of boundaries of resource use and resources users has proved more
difficult, for instance when gathering relevant information and tools that can promote forest resource
users partnerships, engaging of different stakeholders, assisting local communities to organize,
preparing for negotiations meetings, procedures, rules, logistics and equity considerations, negotiating
for the establishment of agreements and empowering of the local communities. This book therefore
provides a process that would guide the establishment of partnerships when establishing forest
resources and resource users’ boundaries in order to enhance sustainable use of forest resources,
mitigate conflicts and improve the livelihoods of communities depended on forests for their survival.
Qualitative research design was employed in the book. All the forests involved in participatory forest
management in Kenya namely: Keraite; Nyamweru, Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kakamega, Loita, and
upper Imenti were selected for to provide information for writing the book. All the respondents were
purposefully sampled from each category of interviewees namely: households living adjacent to the
forest, various groups that are working in or with the communities in the management of the forest
resources. Policy makers from government and a group of experts e.g. head of various government
ministries and Non-Governmental organizations. To collect data semi-structured interviews were done
for the respondents. All the data collected was analyzed through coding and grouping similar
important ideas or phenomena from the research and then used for writing the book. It is explained in
the book that functional partnerships, forest resources and resource user’s boundaries are needed for
effective community participation in forest management. It is recommended that broad understanding
of boundaries is a pre-requisite to ensure that community and other stakeholders appreciate resource
use and the resource users within the community based forest management approaches so as to
facilitate sustainable use of forest resources and enhanced community livelihoods of the forest
dependent communities.
Description
A book published by B P International
Keywords
Participatory forest management, Resource users, Boundaries of resource users, Sustainable livelihoods, Communities depended on forests
Citation
Ming’ate, F. L. M., Mbuvi, M. T. E., & Nahama, E. T. (2021). Guidelines for Establishment of Partnerships, Forest Resources and Resource User’s Boundaries in Kenya. Hooghly, West Bengal: B P International. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.9734/bpi/mono/978-93-5547-015-7