Guthiga Paul M, Mburu John, Holm-Mueller Karin
Centre for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Walter-Flex Strasse 3, 53113 Bonn, Germany.
Environ Manage. 2008 May;41(5):696-706. doi: 10.1007/s00267-008-9080-z. Epub 2008 Mar 4.
Satisfaction of communities living close to forests with forest management authorities is essential for ensuring continued support for conservation efforts. However, more often than not, community satisfaction is not systematically elicited, analyzed, and incorporated in conservation decisions. This study attempts to elicit levels of community satisfaction with three management approaches of Kakamega forest in Kenya and analyze factors influencing them. Three distinct management approaches are applied by three different authorities: an incentive-based approach of the Forest Department (FD), a protectionist approach of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), and a quasi-private incentive-based approach of Quakers Church Mission (QCM). Data was obtained from a random sample of about 360 households living within a 10-km radius around the forest margin. The protectionist approach was ranked highest overall for its performance in forest management. Results indicate that households are influenced by different factors in their ranking of management approaches. Educated households and those located far from market centers are likely to be dissatisfied with all the three management approaches. The location of the households from the forest margin influences negatively the satisfaction with the protectionist approach, whereas land size, a proxy for durable assets, has a similar effect on the private incentive based approach of the QCM. In conclusion, this article indicates a number of policy implications that can enable the different authorities and their management approaches to gain approval of the local communities.
与森林管理部门相邻的社区对森林管理的满意度对于确保对保护工作的持续支持至关重要。然而，社区满意度往往没有得到系统的收集、分析并纳入保护决策中。本研究试图了解肯尼亚卡卡梅加森林三种管理方式下的社区满意度水平，并分析影响这些满意度的因素。三种不同的管理部门采用了三种不同的管理方式：森林部门（FD）基于激励的方式、肯尼亚野生动物管理局（KWS）的保护主义方式以及贵格会教会使团（QCM）类似私人激励的方式。数据来自森林边缘半径10公里范围内约360户随机抽取的家庭。保护主义方式因其在森林管理方面的表现总体排名最高。结果表明，家庭在对管理方式的排名中受到不同因素的影响。受过教育的家庭以及那些远离市场中心的家庭可能对所有三种管理方式都不满意。家庭离森林边缘的位置对保护主义方式的满意度有负面影响，而土地面积（作为耐用资产的代表）对QCM基于私人激励的方式有类似影响。总之，本文指出了一些政策含义，这些含义能够使不同管理部门及其管理方式获得当地社区的认可。
