Property rights and forest management: Whose reality counts?

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2008

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Nairobi, Kenya: KEFRI

Abstract

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.

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Government institutions, Traditional tenure systems, Local policy, Land tenure, Forest management, Kenya, Tugen hills, Rift valley, Common-pool resources, Squatters, Local institutions, Traditional land tenure, Governance

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