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Community participation in forest and water management planning in Kenya: challenges and opportunities

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Title Community participation in forest and water management planning in Kenya: challenges and opportunities
 
Creator Ombogoh, D.B.
Mwamgi, E.
Larson, A.M.
 
Subject community forestry
water management
rural community
 
Description Forest and water are linked resources that are important to community livelihoods in East Africa. Sectoral reforms in Kenya have decentralized forest and water management functions to local communities through forest and water Acts. It has been argued that problems are more likely to be understood as interconnected, and thus managed more holistically, at the local level. Through case studies on the processes of developing forest and water management plans in two Kenyan ecosystems, we explore the challenges and opportunities for resource management planning at the local level. The questions we addressed are: How is the content of the plans determined? How is gender integrated ? What are the barriers to implementation? How can content and implementation be improved to support joint forest and water management? Despite their close links, water and forest governance is separate, as sectoral approaches nationally trickle down locally. We argue that the process of developing the plans should take an integrated landscape approach. A practical way forward is to improve current processes, by ensuring local participation and generating local ownership through improved facilitation and engagement of community members, including women. This includes the integration of community participants from both spheres into both forest and water management planning.
 
Date 2022-04-03
2022-06-13T02:55:06Z
2022-06-13T02:55:06Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Ombogoh, D.B., Mwangi, E. and Larson, A.M. 2022. Community participation in forest and water management planning in Kenya: challenges and opportunities. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods. https://doi.org/10.1080/14728028.2022.2059790
1472-8028
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119818
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14728028.2022.2059790?needAccess=true
https://doi.org/10.1080/14728028.2022.2059790
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher Informa UK Limited
 
Source Forests, Trees and Livelihoods