Illusions of empowerment? Questioning policy and practice of community forestry in Kenya

Ecology and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Chomba, Susan W ^a,b   Nathan, Iben ^a   Minang, Peter A ^b,c   Sinclair, Fergus ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community forestry; Empowerment; Kenya; Representation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; EMPOWERMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POWER RELATIONS;

KENYA;

EID: 84943171311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-07741-200302     Document Type: Article

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