Issues in the Application of Participatory Environmental Management
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Date
2007
Authors
Maina, L. W.
Muia, D. M.
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Publisher
School of Environmental Studies and Human Sciences, Kenyatta University
Abstract
Current thinking in the field of environmental management recommends
application of integrated mechanisms that include utilizing local, regi
traditional and scientific knowledge in the identification, assessment and prioritis
of problems relating to the environment and for proposing effective solutio
those problems. Hence, the term Participatory Environmental Management (
has entered the scene and is currently used to mean the active and full particip
of local communities and indigenous people in the adoption and applicati
decisions related to the use and management of the environment for sustei
development.
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Book Chapter