Use of Plantation Establishment and Livelihood Improvement Scheme (Pelis) in the Rehabilitation of Nyamweru Forest Reserve, Kiambu County, Kenya

James Karanja Kamau, Salome Wairimu Gikonyo and Felix L. M. Ming’ate
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James Karanja Kamau: Department of Environmental Studies and Community Development, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya.
Salome Wairimu Gikonyo: Department of Environmental Studies and Community Development, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya.
Felix L. M. Ming’ate: Department of Environmental Studies and Community Development, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya.

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2023, vol. 7, issue 12, 926-937

Abstract: PELIS is a program globally known as the Taungya system, which involves the allocation of parcels of land to forest-adjacent communities to grow tree seedlings as well as carry out cultivation of crops during the early stages of tree seedlings growth until they form canopies, with the aim of increasing forest cover. The program has been successful in some countries, but it has failed in other countries, especially developing countries. This study investigated the impeding factors to the realization of the PELIS program, using a case study of the Nyamweru forest reserve in Kiambu County, Lari sub-county, Kenya. Descriptive research design was employed, with a sample size of 40 respondents. About 80% of the results showed an apparent weakness of the institutions mandated in the governance of the forest to effectively manage PELIS program. The study concluded that all the challenges experienced under the PELIS program can be linked to poor forest governance practices. The study recommended, that an integrated watershed resource management, adoption of a bottom-up approach in order to achieve participatory forest management in all aspects of the PELIS program, and development of a platform for awareness creation, such training and use of current technologies, to strengthen and enhance social capital in PELIS program Management in order to, rejuvenate and achieve the constitutional recommended 10% of forest cover in Kenya.

Date: 2023
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