Abstract

Is Natural Resource a Blessing or a Curse to Humanity? Confusion in Mau Forest Complex Utilization in Kenya

Highlights

  • There has been a confusion on who owns the natural resources found in our countries

  • This question has been left unanswered for centuries and people have taken advantage of this lack of knowledge and have treated the natural resources as if they own them

  • The acquisition and use of land as a resource has brought issues among neighbours, communities and even between the locals and the government. This has been evidenced in Mau Forest Complex where the locals are proving ownership of land by showing their title deeds which they acquired when they bought land right inside Mau forest

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Summary

Introduction

There has been a confusion on who owns the natural resources found in our countries. This question has been left unanswered for centuries and people have taken advantage of this lack of knowledge and have treated the natural resources as if they own them. Human being have killed one another while fighting over land as a resource. Having appreciated land as a natural resource and a factor of production, it becomes imperative to know, recognize and appreciate that it land that owns us. We found it when we came to earth, we make use of it to generate food and other products that support us while still alive. Once dead, are recycled to generate nutrients that is again utilized by plants to support other human being

Discussion
A Comparison of Mau Forest Complex Coverage Between 1984 and 2018
Conclusion

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