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Book Synopsis Local Resource Management in Kenya by : Peter D. Little
Download or read book Local Resource Management in Kenya written by Peter D. Little and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Combining Local Knowledge and Expert Assistance in Natural Resource Management by : John Thompson
Download or read book Combining Local Knowledge and Expert Assistance in Natural Resource Management written by John Thompson and published by World Resources Inst. This book was released on 1991 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Managing Natural Resources for Development in Africa by : Washington Odongo Ochola
Download or read book Managing Natural Resources for Development in Africa written by Washington Odongo Ochola and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2010 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complex and dynamic interlinks between natural resource management (NRM) and development have long been recognized by national and international research and development organizations and have generated voluminous literature. However, much of what is available in the form of university course books, practical learning manuals and reference materials in NRM is based on experiences from outside Africa. Managing Natural Resources for Development in Africa: A Resource Book provides an understanding of the various levels at which NRM issues occur and are being addressed scientifically, economically, socially and politically. The book's nine chapters present state-of-the-art perspectives within a holistic African context. The book systematically navigates the tricky landscape of integrated NRM, with special reference to Eastern and Southern Africa, against the backdrop of prevailing local, national, regional and global social, economic and environmental challenges. The authors' wide experience, the rich references made to emerging challenges and opportunities, and the presentation of different tools, principles, approaches, case studies and processes make the book a rich and valuable one-stop resource for postgraduate students, researchers, policymakers and NRM practitioners. The book is designed to help the reader grasp in-depth NRM perspectives and presents innovative guidance for research design and problem solving, including review questions, learning activities and recommended further reading. The book was developed through a writeshop process by a multi-disciplinary team of lecturers from the University of Nairobi, Egerton University, Kenyatta University, the University of Zimbabwe, the University of Malawi, Makerere University and the University of Dar es Salam. In addition, selected NRM experts from regional and international research organizations including the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), the Africa Forest Forum, RUFORUM, IIRR and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) participated in the writeshop and contributed material to the book.
Book Synopsis Adoption of Sustainable Water Resource Management Practices by : Jane Mwangi
Download or read book Adoption of Sustainable Water Resource Management Practices written by Jane Mwangi and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about enhancing sustainable natural resource utilization and management in the Upper and Mid Mara river basin, Kenya. The basin is a Trans-boundary resource and is depended upon by Kenya and the bordering Tanzania. However, during the prolonged dry season, only a few perennial rivers remain whose environmental flows is inadequate to support the ecosystem and the livelihoods depending on it. The book uses a social approach to analyze the water management practices that the people living in the Basin have adopted, assesses whether they are sustainable as well as determines the factors that influence the adoption of these practices. The assessment recommends the need for Kenyan county governments in collaboration with the Ministry of Water, Environment and Natural Resources to empower Water-Users Associations and organizations through awareness creation and capacity building. It also recommends interventions on the significant household's socio-economic characteristics and the household's major sources of water used for livestock purposes. This will aim at optimizing sustainable use, management and conservation of local water resources in the Mara River Basin.
Book Synopsis An Overview of Natural Resources Managment in Murang'a District, Kenya by : Emma Kabaru
Download or read book An Overview of Natural Resources Managment in Murang'a District, Kenya written by Emma Kabaru and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined the extent of natural resources management in one of the most densely populated districts in Kenya. The nature of land use, land ownership structure, and natural resource management strategies were examined. A theoretical assessment of the natural resources potential was conducted and the relationship between population and land resources was addressed. possible causes of the major problems in natural resources conservation and development were examined. In addition, possible implications of these problems and opportunities for securing a self-sustaining environment were studied. The approach followed was partly systematic based on the existing data sources, and partly conceptual, based on intuition and observation of some of the significant factors. The principle methods used were a review of the literature, supplemented with a reconnaissance field trip to the area, communication with people knowledgeable of the area, and the author's own experience and observations. The study indicated that the traditional practices of natural resources management have been disrupted by the adoption of a more intensive system of land tenure, and other political, social and economic factors. Two main recommendations were proposed: (1) that a viable development strategy to increase income earning opportunities through the utilization of existing natural resources and local labour resources be adopted, and (2) that top priority be given to addressing the problems of resource conservation and utilization in Murang'a district.
Book Synopsis Community Management of Natural Resources in Africa by : Dilys Roe
Download or read book Community Management of Natural Resources in Africa written by Dilys Roe and published by IIED. This book was released on 2009 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a pan-African synthesis of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), drawing on multiple authors and a wide range of documented experiences from Southern, Eastern, Western and Central Africa. This title discusses the degree to which CBNRM has met poverty alleviation, economic development and nature conservation objectives.
Book Synopsis Local Environmental Management in a North-South Perspective by : Manuel Flury
Download or read book Local Environmental Management in a North-South Perspective written by Manuel Flury and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can weaker sections of society exercise their rights and participate in the management of their physical environment? What factors enhance the development and adaptation of knowledge in view of sustainable natural resource management in rural as well as urban contexts? What roles do development agents such as public administration, community development organizations, training and research institutions and international development agencies assume in these regards?
Book Synopsis The Application of Human Resource Management in Local Authorities in Kenya for Performance Improvement by : Josephta Oyiela Mukobe
Download or read book The Application of Human Resource Management in Local Authorities in Kenya for Performance Improvement written by Josephta Oyiela Mukobe and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Community-based Natural Resource Management by : Bradley L. Olson
Download or read book Community-based Natural Resource Management written by Bradley L. Olson and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Institutions in Public-private Partnerships for Natural Resources Conservation, Management and Use by : Klerkson Lugusa
Download or read book Institutions in Public-private Partnerships for Natural Resources Conservation, Management and Use written by Klerkson Lugusa and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Decisions regarding the management of natural resources in the northern rangelands of Kenya have traditionally been made collectively through leadership offered by customary institutions. However, the evolution of Kenya as a flexible environmental state has had implications for natural resource management and institutions in arid and semi-arid rangeland (ASAL) ecosystems. As a result, the rise of collaborative natural resource management has been characterized by the growth of public-private conservation partnerships (PPPs). Ecotourism and payments for ecosystem services have thus evolved as flexible forms of environmental governance through which challenges in natural resources management can be addressed.This study was motivated by the lack of documented empirical research on the effects of PPPs as hybridized modes of natural resource management. Specifically, this study aims to characterize the partnerships in terms of their evolution, actors’ interactions and power dynamics, as well as examine their efficiency, effectiveness and equity implications of natural resource governance. Four conservancies under the umbrella of the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) in the ASALs of Samburu County were purposefully selected for study. Key informant interviews, focus group discussions, household interviews using a semi-structured questionnaire and researcher’s observation of field conditions were used to gather data. Data was analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software. The findings show that the existence of wildlife on communal lands outside protected areas is the key condition for creating these partnerships. Furthermore, the partnerships are characterized by various kinds of exchanges between stakeholders, such as the provision of political support, physical security, legitimacy and finances. Additionally, the rolling back of the state under neoliberalism has led to the rise to power of the NRT whose influence has been magnified by ties with international organizations such as The Nature Conservancy. The results of financial cost-benefit analyses of the conservancies revealed their operational inefficiency. As a result, there exists an over-reliance on donor-funding, rendering the practice of conservation unsustainable in its current form. As support for conservation initiatives strongly hinges on a local community’s acceptance and collaboration, the PPPs undertake investments in communal projects, such as the provision of physical security which is critical to conservation initiative’s success. Considerable effort is also geared towards shrewd environmental stewardship. However, in working towards their objectives, conservation PPPs are characterized by inequities in access, decision-making and outcomes. This finding, I argue, is a result of the failure to fully acknowledge and incorporate the contextual aspects of equity. Overall, the implications of this thesis suggest that public-private conservation partnerships have the potential to be effective modes of natural resource governance if: (i) the devolved county system of government takes charge to empower local communities more, and, as a consequence avert tendencies to assert dominance within partnerships by other stakeholders; (ii) a renegotiation of favourable conservancy-investor partnership agreements occurs, as a way of financially empowering conservancies, thereby reducing the donor-dependency tendency; (iii) more effort is geared towards ensuring a fair distribution of benefits to individual households. This can be achieved, for instance, by linking communities directly to local and external markets in the framework of the NRT’s BeadWORKS and LivestockWORKS programs, and by shifting the perception of marginalized social groups such as women and morans"--
Book Synopsis Applying Livelihood Approaches to Natural Resource Management Initiatives by : Caroline Ashley
Download or read book Applying Livelihood Approaches to Natural Resource Management Initiatives written by Caroline Ashley and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Innovative Governance and Natural Resource Management in Kenya by : Jane Omudho Okwako
Download or read book Innovative Governance and Natural Resource Management in Kenya written by Jane Omudho Okwako and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kenya's environmental sector is embracing co-management to address major threats to wildlife. In the past two decades, the Municipal-Community-Private Sector Partnership model evolved to address the threats. This dissertation seeks to explain variations in partnership outcomes. It evaluates whether the model as introduced empowers communities to be conservation stewards. This study hypothesized the impact of five variables. These are decentralization of power, elite support, capacity of community organizations, partnership formalization, and resources expended. The findings confirm that three variables are indispensable and two minimally influence empowerment. More decentralized management structures are enabling and supportive of empowerment. However, empowerment is only facilitated when decision making is anchored on strong elite support. Elite interests determine opportunity and community agency. Elites are profoundly influential in facilitating or inhibiting empowerment. Contrary to expectation, greater community capacity does not necessarily translate into empowerment. Additionally, rapid formalization matters while the resource types expended are necessary but not sufficient to enhance empowerment. The elite support variable interacts with the five variables as they influence empowerment. Elites are coopted or engage coercively to enhance or inhibit empowerment. Other unanticipated intervening variables are also identified. The dissertation's central features are integration of within-case and cross-case comparative analysis and evaluation of path-dependent partnership trajectories. On this basis, I gather context-specific data to explore the experiences of three partnerships in major protected area complexes. These are Laikipia, Amboseli, and the Mara Triangle. I conducted interviews, observed ecosystems, and conducted intensive document and literature reviews. Snowball and purposive sampling guided data collection processes. The lessons are three-fold. First, the institutional logic of MCPPs is not separate from the existing historical, organizational, social, and ecological contexts. The model is not a panacea, yet it is innovative. In two of the three cases it has had little impact on community empowerment. Laikipia's decentralized management has enabled inclusiveness and has provided ideal conditions for rapid and proactive engagement of communities. The dispensation has reduced conflicts and hurdles for engagement. Amboseli's and Mara Triangle's exclusionary structures have created conflict and prevented community buy-in. Elite formations straddling bureaucratic, political, and local coalitions have prevented stable evolution and empowerment.
Book Synopsis Designing Policy Research on Local Organizations in Natural Resource Management by :
Download or read book Designing Policy Research on Local Organizations in Natural Resource Management written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Community-based natural resource management, gender, and sustainable development among the Maasai of southern Kenya by : Suzanne Rebecca Russo
Download or read book Community-based natural resource management, gender, and sustainable development among the Maasai of southern Kenya written by Suzanne Rebecca Russo and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Issues in Resource Management and Development in Kenya by : Robert A. Obudho
Download or read book Issues in Resource Management and Development in Kenya written by Robert A. Obudho and published by East African Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Community Based Natural Resource Management in the IGAD Region by : IGAD Secretariat
Download or read book Community Based Natural Resource Management in the IGAD Region written by IGAD Secretariat and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Lessons from the Ground Up by : Peter G. Veit
Download or read book Lessons from the Ground Up written by Peter G. Veit and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report makes the case for policies and programmes that promote local-level natural resource management in Africa. Synthesizing various analyses of community resource management, the authors identify key determinants to successful local self-help initiatives.