The Socio-economic Determinants Of Woodfuel Extraction From Gazetted Forests Within Koibatek Forests Zone, Mau Forest Complex, Kenya
The livelihood of most people in developing world depend on woodfuel, crop residues and animal dung rather than coal, oil or nuclear for their energy needs (United Nations Development Programme et al, 2000). The contribution of forests to woodfuel supply is essential and will remain so for the foreseeable future (FAO, 2010). However, little has been done on the socio-economic
Socio Economic
And Ecological Effects Of Participatory Forest Management In Lembus Ecosystem, Baringo County, Kenya
In last two decades, the forest and its resources have been unsustainably exploited to almost non regenerative capacity, thus compromising the socio economic status millions of people around the globe. It was therefore against this background that the United Nations developed a long lasting strategy to contain further ecological degradation by introducing participatory management approaches where governments and forests communities