Establishing Forest Resources and Resource Users’ Boundaries: Policy Briefs Based on Kenyan Case Studies

Felix Lamech Mogambi Ming’ate; Musingo Tito Edward Mbuvi; Nahama Eric Tetea

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Establishing Forest Resources and Resource Users’ Boundaries: Policy Briefs Based on Kenyan Case Studies

Felix Lamech Mogambi Ming’ate, Musingo Tito Edward Mbuvi, Nahama Eric Tetea

Published in International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy (Volume 10, Issue 5)

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This policy briefs informs the decision makers on how to establish clear forest and community management units for access and management of forest resources for enhanced community livelihoods and improved forest management. It presents key findings on guidelines for forming partnerships and for establishment of forest resource and resource users’ boundaries. The key to making informed decisions regarding forest governance requires understanding the resource use and users’ boundaries that would increase forest resources and community livelihoods. The formulation of this policy briefs is based on the resource use and resource users’ boundaries for implementing participatory forest management in Keraite; Nyamweru, Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kakamega, Loita, and upper Imenti which have been in place for over two decades, even though forest governance still remains a challenge. All the respondents for writing the policy briefs were purposefully sampled from each category of interviewees namely: leaders from different user groups, key informants from different government organizations and NGOs. To collect data semi-structured interviews were used to all the respondents. A total of 47 respondents purposefully selected were involved in the interviews. Drawing from these forests as case studies, this policy briefs proposes the embraced policies by communities in the establishment of forest resource use and users’ boundaries. The study comes into conclusion that forest resources and resource users’ boundaries are needed for effective community forest management through highlighting the policy briefs based on six key areas: gathering relevant information, tools that can facilitate formation of partnerships, engaging different stakeholders, facilitating local communities to organize, preparing for negotiations and how the households and the individuals negotiating establish agreements.

Published in	International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy (Volume 10, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijepp.20221005.11
Page(s)	118-121
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Forest Resource Use, Resource User Boundary, Forest, Policy Brief, Kenya

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Felix Lamech Mogambi Ming’ate

Department of Environmental Studies and Community Development, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
Musingo Tito Edward Mbuvi

Monitoring and Evaluation, Kenya Forestry Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
Nahama Eric Tetea

National Forest Programme – State Department of Natural Resources, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Kenya Forest Service, Nairobi, Kenya

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Felix Lamech Mogambi Ming’ate, Musingo Tito Edward Mbuvi, Nahama Eric Tetea. Establishing Forest Resources and Resource Users’ Boundaries: Policy Briefs Based on Kenyan Case Studies. Int J Environ Prot Policy. 2022;10(5):118-121. doi: 10.11648/j.ijepp.20221005.11

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