This thesis is about testing a methodological framework for integrating indigenous knowledge
and ecological methods for promoting local communities’ participation in the implementation of
Global Environmental Conventions (GECs) such as the Convention on Combating Desertification
(CCD) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at local community levels. The thesis
(divided into Part A and Part B) tackles the integration of indigenous knowledge and ecological
methods for assessing and monitoring human impacts on the environments of northern Kenya around
sedentarized settlements that was associated with land degradation and desertification as well as the
loss of biodiversity. Development of the framework is based on in-depth analysis of theoretical and
methodological analysis of environmental indicator selection. The implementation of the framework
is approached at three levels: the global level related to the articles of the GECs, the national level
concerned with the prioritizing of the action programs and finally, the local community levels where
the actions of implementations of the conventions take place. In implementing the framework, the
thesis focused on the third part which involved local communities in participatory research.
Implementation at the local level involves the consideration of a diversity of ecological, production
and social-cultural factors, and the use of local knowledge for resource assessment and monitoring.
The implementation of the framework was conducted in Marsabit District, Northern Kenya, in two
contrasting environments where two pastoral communities were used as partners.
This thesis is about testing a methodological framework for integrating indigenous knowledgeand ecological methods for promoting local communities’ participation in the implementation ofGlobal Environmental Conventions (GECs) such as the Convention on Combating Desertification(CCD) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at local community levels. The thesis(divided into Part A and Part B) tackles the integration of indigenous knowledge and ecologicalmethods for assessing and monitoring human impacts on the environments of northern Kenya aroundsedentarized settlements that was associated with land degradation and desertification as well as theloss of biodiversity. Development of the framework is based on in-depth analysis of theoretical andmethodological analysis of environmental indicator selection. The implementation of the frameworkis approached at three levels: the global level related to the articles of the GECs, the national levelconcerned with the prioritizing of the action programs and finally, the local community levels wherethe actions of implementations of the conventions take place. In implementing the framework, thethesis focused on the third part which involved local communities in participatory research.Implementation at the local level involves the consideration of a diversity of ecological, productionand social-cultural factors, and the use of local knowledge for resource assessment and monitoring.The implementation of the framework was conducted in Marsabit District, Northern Kenya, in two
contrasting environments where two pastoral communities were used as partners.
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