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Rethinking joint forest management: the role of self-interest and altruism in shaping environmental and socio-economic outcomes in Kenya
- Alternative title:
- Rethinking joint forest management in Kenya
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Participatory approaches such as Joint forest management (JFM) have been used to anchor payment for ecosystems services frameworks such as REDD+. A qualitative research conducted in Arabuko Sokoke Forest (ASF), Kenya, hopes to contribute to that discussion, by drawing on 23 key informants and participant observation. The study investigates the extent at which JFM has shaped forest conservation, benefit sharing, community empowerment and intrinsic motivation. It adds a twist – role of self-interest and altruism in shaping JFM outcomes. The results reveal that ASF is perceived to be degraded, there is no formal benefit sharing mechanism, communities haven’t been fully empowered and JFM hasn’t crowded out the intrinsic motivation of local communities to conserve. These environmental and socio-economic outcomes have been shaped by the nature of the symbiotic relationship in JFM, which has been plagued by self-interest being pursued by all major stakeholders at the expense of trading altruistic acts.
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- Majalia, A
- Grant:
- BCM Dissertation Grant
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- Type of award:
- MSc
- Level of award:
- Masters
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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2019-04-10
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- Copyright holder:
- Majalia, A
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Notes:
- There are three photos that were taken during my fieldwork and have been used in the dissertation (figure 19, page 27). They were taken by a community member on my behalf since I was conducting participant observations as a number of community members were conducting a de-snaring activity, oral consent was sought as per the CUREC guidelines Reference Number: SOGE 18A-114
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