Abstract

Adwar Benard*

Biodiversity is affected by the lack of forest cover around the world. On the other hand, Kenya has lost much of its forest cover in recent years. To reduce losses, the Kenyan government adopted community participation in forest management, known as participatory forest management. This paper attempted to analyze the influence of community training on the outcomes of participatory forest management through a descriptive survey design while targeting communities adjacent to the forest. 255 samples were taken from 671 households around the forest. The questionnaire and interview schedule facilitated data collection at the study site. Data analysis was performed using IBM SPSS version 20 while the results were later presented in the tables. The relationship between the independent and dependent variables was analyzed by chi-square test of independence. According to the results, a slightly higher percentage (51.9%) have applied training techniques learned on their farm compared to 48.1% who have not yet put these skills into practice. The implementation of certain forest conservation measures is related to whether a household member has received training in forest conservation. In general, households whose members had been trained in forest conservation factors were more likely to have implemented one or more forest conservation measures on their land, as opposed to those who were not trained. Therefore, training plays an important role in the application of forest conservation measures. Among untrained households, there is a significant gender difference in adoption between trained and untrained households.