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- Engaging communities in decentralization: Contribution of local institutions in managing Kenyan forestsMogoi, Jephine; Obonyo, Emily; Ongugo, Paul O.; Oeba, Vincent Onguso; Mwangi, Esther (World Agroforestry Center, Kenya Forestry Research Institute, CIFOR, 2010)This paper aims to analyze the role of these community forest associations based on their past experience by evaluating aspects of forest management that communities can undertake effectively after decentralization and some of the challenges in performing these functions. It concludes with suggesting recommendations on strategies towards improving their effectiveness in forest management.
- Exclusion, poverty and inequality in decentralized Kenyan forests: Bridging the divideObonyo, Emily; Ongugo, Paul O.; Mogoi, Jephine; Njuguna, Jane (IASC, 2007)Women's contributions are essential to the functioning of Kenya's economy. However, because women's contributions are not valued in the same way as men's, women consistently find themselves at a lower economic status than men. Women are largely excluded from economic decision-making, face low wages, have poor working conditions, limited employment and professional opportunities. Their unpaid work is also not measured and not valued in national accounts. Women often face inequality due to the fact that they earn less income and face unequal distribution of resources. The situation is further aggravated by lack of access to education and job segregation.
- Local institutions in forest managementMogoi, Jephine; Obonyo, Emily; Ongugo, Paul O. (Nairobi, Kenya: Kenya Forestry Research Institute, 2008)This policy brief discusses the impact of community organizations/capacity on successful management of natural resources, including forests. Specifically, the brief highlifghts two research sites near Mt. Kenya and in the Kakamega Forest. Local institutions discussed include management,benefit sharing, capacity building and conflict resolution.
- Property rights and forest management: Whose reality counts?Mogoi, Jephine; Obonyo, Emily; Ongugo, Paul O. (Nairobi, Kenya: KEFRI, 2008)This policy brief outlines a brief history of the land tenure system in Kenya from colonization to modern land management practices. Kenya has a mixed system of land tenure between resources held in common by the state and those traditionally owned by the people with limited accession and transfer rights. Special attention is given to the issue of squatters, or those disenfranchised by the current land tenure system and opportunities for collaborative processes between local formal and informal institutions are explored.
- Sacred groves: Biodiversity conservation hotspotsOngugo, Paul O.; Mogoi, Jephine; Obonyo, Emily; Omenda, T.; Sigu, G. (Nairobi, Kenya: KEFRI, 2008)This policy brief explores the significance of and pressures affecting sacred groves in Kenya. Sacred forests are celebrated for their culturally and traditionally important sites and resources, even drawing visitors from abroad to appreciate their cultural value and to restock medicinal supplies. Even with the cultural value of sacred forests, they are still threatened by population pressures and more needs to be done to improve the livelihoods of those living adjacent to the forest. The brief recommends combining modern knowledge with traditional, indigenous knowledge to enhance forest conservation efforts.
- SANREM CRSP project: Kakamega site reportOngugo, Paul O.; Obonyo, Emily; Oeba, Vincent O.; Mogoi, Jephine; Omedo, Dickens (Kenya Forest Resources and Institutions program, 2007)Site report for the SANREM Kakamega study site in Kenya.
- Security of tenure in natural resource management: An insight into property rights in KenyaOngugo, Paul O.; Obonyo, Emily; Mogoi, Jephine; Njuguna, Jane (Nairobi, Kenya: KEFRI, 2007)Explores the development of Kenya's property rights system and its effects on both forest and people.