Designing a Functioning Community Forest Association: A Case of Muileshi, Kakamega County, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorMing’ate, F.L.M.
dc.contributor.authorLetema, S.
dc.contributor.authorObiero, K.
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-30T09:29:30Z
dc.date.available2016-11-30T09:29:30Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractParticipatory Forest Management was introduced into law with the passing of the Kenya Forest Act of 2005, which provides a legal basis for communities in Kenya, to participate in forest management. In Kenya Participatory forest management entails the involvement of the forest adjacent community members through formation of Community Forest Associations, which participates in the management of the forest with the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) and other stakeholders. This paper examines the design and functioning of Muileshi community forest Association in Kakamega Kenya to answer a key question in current participatory forest management literature on how one can design a functioning community forest association that can conserve the forest resources as well as provide sustainable livelihoods to the poor forest dependent communities. The study utilized documents and a focus group discussion with Muileshi community forest association to answer this question. All the data collected was qualitatively analyzed by putting the key themes together from both the documents and focus group discussion and using them to answer the study objective. It is conclude in the study that a well designed community forest association can contribute significantly to the conservation a community based forest as well as deliver livelihoods to the communities adjacent to the forests that depend on them for their livelihoods. It is recommended that there is need to strengthen the community forest association arrangements to enable them operate efficiently.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAsian Journal of Applied Sciences Volume 04 – Issue 05, October 2016en_US
dc.identifier.issn2321 – 0893
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/15205
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKnowledgia Scientificen_US
dc.subjectDesigningen_US
dc.subjectCommunity forest associationen_US
dc.subjectMuileshien_US
dc.subjectKakamegaen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.titleDesigning a Functioning Community Forest Association: A Case of Muileshi, Kakamega County, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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