Communities, property rights and forest decentralisation in Kenya: Early lessons from participatory forestry management

Conservation and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 182-194

  Mogoi, Jephine ^a   Obonyo, Emily ^b   Ongugo, Paul ^b   Oeba, Vincent ^b   Mwangi, Esther ^c  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b KENYA FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

community; community forest associations; decentralisation; forestry; governance; Kenya; participatory forestry management; property rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863754083     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.97490     Document Type: Article

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