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Where is it?

Where is it?. The Ecological Zones of Kenya. Kenya Has an “Environmental Crisis”. If we define the problem that way, what is the evidence, and what should we do about it?. Everything derives from the way you define The Problem. Let’s Look at some History. Kenya was a “settler” colony

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Where is it?

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  1. Where is it?

  2. The Ecological Zones of Kenya

  3. Kenya Has an “Environmental Crisis” • If we define the problem that way, what is the evidence, and what should we do about it? Everything derives from the way you define The Problem

  4. Let’s Look at some History • Kenya was a “settler” colony • To encourage settlers, large amounts of the best land were “alienated,” which meant that the Africans were removed • The land alienated was, of course, the best land, and the Africans were confined to poorer land, and their only income was to work as laborers on the White farms.

  5. “Environmental Crisis” Deforestation Desertification Soil Erosion

  6. Consequences • Alienated land extensively cultivated. • African land confined, subsistence, and basis of fast-growing population. • Result = erosion and pressure on marginal land.

  7. 2003 1987

  8. Alternative Model

  9. What’s Wrong With the Technocratic Approach?

  10. Why Don’t Things Change With Independence? • The economy locked into the Colonial Model • Urban life flourishes at expense of rural life • Black elite replaces White elite.

  11. Conclusion • It all comes down to how you define the problem • If the problem consists, in part, of the people doing the defining, then you have a whole other problem on your hands. • How to get a real solution out of this? • Follow-up: Read “Protecting the Environment Against the Poor” in the Electronic Reserves.

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