Flip-flops and Turtles - Women's Participation in the Kiunga National Marine Reserve ICDP, Kenya
The Kiunga Marine National Reserve Conservation and Development Project started in 1996/7 and involves a partnership between the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and WWF. It focuses on the Kiunga Marine National Reserve (KMNR) which was designated in 1979 and covers 25,000 ha of which about 20,000 ha is mangrove forest. A population of 15,000 people live in the Reserve distributed on the larger of the 51 islands and another 100,000 live in the surrounding areas. The majority of the population are Muslim and have lived there for all of their lives. They earn a living mainly through fishing. In the past some have also heavily relied on the sale and collection of mangrove wood though in recent years this has been severely curtailed by the conservation policies and legislation of the Reserve. Children are often expected to help with the fishing and wood collection and will often miss school to do so. Fresh water is a key issue on the islands as it is restricted to a few scattered wells and djiabias within and adjacent to the Reserve. Few are properly managed and there are major problems in the dry season. The KMNR/ICDP focuses on 6 areas including habitat and fisheries management and conservation; education programmes; income-generating projects; and environmental health including waste management. One of its central aims is to adopt a gender sensitive approach to conservation.
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| Format: | Report biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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University College Cork, International Famine Centre
2002
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| Subjects: | Turtle fisheries, Fishery resources, Marine parks, Fishery development, Gender, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/7313 |
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| Summary: | The Kiunga Marine National Reserve Conservation and Development Project started in 1996/7 and involves a partnership between the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and WWF. It focuses on the Kiunga Marine National Reserve (KMNR) which was designated in 1979 and covers 25,000 ha of which about 20,000 ha is mangrove forest. A population of 15,000 people live in the Reserve distributed on the larger of the 51 islands and another 100,000 live in the surrounding areas. The majority of the population are Muslim and have lived there for all of their lives. They earn a living mainly through fishing. In the past some have also heavily relied on the sale and collection of mangrove wood though in recent years this has been severely curtailed by the conservation policies and legislation of the Reserve. Children are often expected to help with the fishing and wood collection and will often miss school to do so. Fresh water is a key issue on the islands as it is restricted to a few scattered wells and djiabias within and adjacent to the Reserve. Few are properly managed and there are major problems in the dry season. The KMNR/ICDP focuses on 6 areas including habitat and fisheries management and conservation; education programmes; income-generating projects; and environmental health including waste management. One of its central aims is to adopt a gender sensitive approach to conservation. |
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