Local communities’ and indigenous peoples’ land and forestry rights: Assessing the law and practice on tenure security in Kenya

This study aimed to understand whether, and to what extent, Kenyan legal provisions are sufficient to secure community land rights, particularly those of indigenous peoples and local communities. It assesses the adequacy of Kenya’s legal framework for protecting and promoting tenure rights of forest...

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Main Author: Kibugi, R.
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: Center for International Forestry Research 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114027
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description This study aimed to understand whether, and to what extent, Kenyan legal provisions are sufficient to secure community land rights, particularly those of indigenous peoples and local communities. It assesses the adequacy of Kenya’s legal framework for protecting and promoting tenure rights of forest communities, including over protected areas. There is an enduring problem pertaining to historical land injustices, where certain indigenous peoples and local communities have sought formal recognition of their land rights over areas classified as public land, which are managed mainly as public forests or national wildlife reserves
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spelling CGSpace1140272025-02-27T08:45:18Z Local communities’ and indigenous peoples’ land and forestry rights: Assessing the law and practice on tenure security in Kenya Kibugi, R. indigenous people tenure systems community forestry This study aimed to understand whether, and to what extent, Kenyan legal provisions are sufficient to secure community land rights, particularly those of indigenous peoples and local communities. It assesses the adequacy of Kenya’s legal framework for protecting and promoting tenure rights of forest communities, including over protected areas. There is an enduring problem pertaining to historical land injustices, where certain indigenous peoples and local communities have sought formal recognition of their land rights over areas classified as public land, which are managed mainly as public forests or national wildlife reserves 2021-06-10 2021-06-21T04:31:29Z 2021-06-21T04:31:29Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114027 en Open Access Center for International Forestry Research Kibugi R. 2021. Local communities’ and indigenous peoples’ land and forestry rights: Assessing the law and practice on tenure security in Kenya. Occasional Paper 222. Bogor, Indonesia: CIFOR. https://doi.org/10.17528/cifor/008032
spellingShingle indigenous people
tenure systems
community forestry
Kibugi, R.
Local communities’ and indigenous peoples’ land and forestry rights: Assessing the law and practice on tenure security in Kenya
title Local communities’ and indigenous peoples’ land and forestry rights: Assessing the law and practice on tenure security in Kenya
title_full Local communities’ and indigenous peoples’ land and forestry rights: Assessing the law and practice on tenure security in Kenya
title_fullStr Local communities’ and indigenous peoples’ land and forestry rights: Assessing the law and practice on tenure security in Kenya
title_full_unstemmed Local communities’ and indigenous peoples’ land and forestry rights: Assessing the law and practice on tenure security in Kenya
title_short Local communities’ and indigenous peoples’ land and forestry rights: Assessing the law and practice on tenure security in Kenya
title_sort local communities and indigenous peoples land and forestry rights assessing the law and practice on tenure security in kenya
topic indigenous people
tenure systems
community forestry
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114027
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