Title Page
ABSTRACT
Contents
1. INTRODUCTION 10
1.1. Background 10
1.2. Research Objectives 15
1.3. Scope 15
1.4. Statement of the problem 16
1.5. Significance of the Research 17
1.6. Organization of the Thesis 18
2. LITERATURE REVIEW 19
2.1. Introduction 19
2.2. Concept Definition 20
2.3. The Background of Community Participatory Forest Management 22
2.4. Community Forest Association 26
2.5. Community Participation in Forest Management 27
2.6. Community Awareness and Knowledge 31
2.7. Factors Influencing of Community Participation in PELIS Initiative 33
2.8. Kenya Forest Service and other stakeholders support that influence community participation in (the PELIS) initiative 37
2.9. The Perceived Barriers and Challenges Influencing Community Participation in the PELIS Program 41
2.10. Conceptual framework 43
3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 46
3.1. Selection of case studies 46
3.2. Research Design 46
3.3. Data sources 47
3.4. Target population 47
3.5. Sample size 48
3.6. Research instruments 49
3.7. Data Validity 50
3.8. Limitations of the Study 50
3.9. Research gap 51
3.10. Survey Questionnaires Distribution 51
3.11. Questionnaire return rate 52
3.12. Key informant return interview 53
4. DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 54
4.1. Introduction 54
4.2. Data Analysis and Presentation 54
4.3. Results for Demographic information 55
4.4. Factors influencing community participation in the scheme 57
4.5. Role of The Kenya Forest Service and Other Stakeholders that Influence Community Participation In (The PELIS) Initiative 59
4.6. The perceived barriers and challenges influencing community participation in the PELIS program 61
4.7. Summary of The Results 63
4.7.1. The Level of Awareness and Knowledge of the PELIS Program from the study 63
4.7.2. Kenya Forest Service and other stakeholders' support that influence community participation in (the PELIS) initiative. 64
4.7.3. The perceived barriers and challenges influencing community participation in the PELIS program. 65
4.8. Discussion 66
4.8.1. Factors influencing community participation in the scheme 66
4.8.2. Role of the Kenya Forest Service and other stakeholders that influence community participation in (PELIS) initiative 69
5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION 71
5.1. Conclusion 71
5.2. Recommendations 73
5.3. Recommendations for future studies 76
BIBLIOGRAPHY 77
APPENDIX 91
초록 107
Table 1. shows the Demographic details of the respondents 55
Table 2. Binary logistic regression results of the socio-economic characteristics influencing participation in PELIS 57
Table 3. Summary of KFS key informant responses 59
Table 4. Barriers and challenges influencing community participation in the PELIS program. 61