Projekt

Africa is a region in transition, where local realities encounter global change. In particular, economic and financial mechanisms for the conservation of ecosystems and their services, are transforming people's livelihood pathways, raising significant questions over equity, sustainability and prosperity. The proposed project aims to assess the effects of Payment for Ecosystem Service schemes on governance, livelihoods, and forest conditions in Mt. Elgon transboundary ecosystem in Kenya. Lessons on what worked and to who will provide insights on how individual or collective social actors can manage and protect resources efficiently and develop sustainable livelihood strategies under present social and environmental conditions. The project will be a three year partnership between a postdoctoral fellow from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and technology (JKUAT) and scholars from the Institute of Environmental Economics and World Trade at the Leibniz University of Hannover. The projects intra-Africa collaborations will also include the Africa Climate Policy Center at the UN commission in Africa, the Kenya Forest Service and the University of Eldoret. The project also aims to build a network of German and African scientists for theoretically-informed and evidence based knowledge exchange on processes of contemporary livelihood transformation in the wider region.

• Prof. Dr. Eva Schlecht

  Universität Göttingen
  Fakultät für Agrarwissenschaften
  Department für Nutztierwissenschaften
  Abteilung Tierhaltung in den Tropen und Subtropen
  Göttingen
  

• Dr. Robert Mbeche

  Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture
  and Technology
  Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
  Technology Building, Main Campus
  Nairobi
  Kenia
  

• Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Schareika

  Universität Göttingen
  Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät
  Institut für Ethnologie
  Göttingen
  

• Prof. Dr. Andreas Bürkert

  Universität Kassel
  FB 11: Ökologische Agrarwissenschaften
  Fachgebiet Ökologischer Pflanzenbau und Agraröko-
  systemforschung in den Tropen und Subtropen
  Witzenhausen
  

• Understanding forest users' participation in participatory forest management (PFM): Insights from Mt. Elgon forest ecosystem, Kenya

• Determinants of forest dependent household s participation in payment for ecosystem services: Evidence from Plantation Establishment Livelihood Improvement Scheme (PELIS) in Kenya.

• Forest-based livelihood choices and their determinants in Western Kenya

• Seedling Survival Levels Under Plantation Establishment For Livelihood Improvement Scheme And Implications For Conservation Of Mt. Elgon Natural Forest Ecosystem, Kenya.

• Forest Dependent People s Participation in Participatory Forest Management (PFM) Programmes in Kenya