Nyando Wetland in the Future.
The future of Nyando Wetland seem to be at cross-roads between community livelihood support and biodiversity conservation. This important wetland ecosystem, currently threatened by pollution from both diffuse and point sources, Climate Change and variability, poverty manifesting itself as low income, knowledge and food insecurity portend serious and deleterious effects on the ecosystem integrity as well as the socioeconomic well-being of Nyando Wetland-dependent communities. The degradation of this wetland has been exacerbated by lack of a substantive wetland policy and a gazzeted inventory/map of Kenya’s wetlands, resulting in social chaos characterized by encroachments into the wetland, overexploitation of wetland goods and uncontrolled human behaviour towards the wetland. This chapter uncovers two scenarios for the Nyando Wetland, taking cognizance of the current pressures, threats and opportunities including the development and implementation of an integrated wetland management plan. The scenarios are constructed in line with the constitution of Kenya 2010 and the national blue print --Kenya Vision 2030-- both of which are strongly anchored on the tenets and principles of sustainable development. The chapter therefore summarizes the entire book and provides the future pathway towards sustainable management and utilization of Nyando Wetland resources through participatory multi-pronged approaches, gender and culturally-sensitive interventions and policy frameworks.
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| Format: | Book Section biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Kenya Disaster Concern & VIRED International & UNDP
2012
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| Subjects: | Wetlands, Biodiversity, Resource management, Resource conservation, Pollution effects, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/7414 |
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