How does land conflict?

Land conflicts commonly become violent when linked to wider processes of political exclusion, social discrimination, economic marginalization, and a perception that peaceful action is no longer a viable strategy for change. Land issues readily lend themselves to conflict.

What is land conflict Watch?

We are an independent network of researchers studying land, climate change and natural resource disputes in the country to facilitate better decision-making on investments and governance.

What is cause of land use conflicts in Kenya?

Kenya has endured a long history of land conflicts, dating back to its colonial period when first the Germans and then the British promulgated policies and practices that alienated people from their customary land and pitted one ethnic group against another. these policies were extended after independence.

What is the land issue in Kenya?

Kenya has been plagued by frequent problems concerning land. These problems range from huge tracts of land held by foreigners on land that local communities lay a claim to as ancestral or communal land or absentee landlords, numerous squatters, unregistered land and land grabbing cases.

What has caused the land use conflicts in Kenya?

Colonial Legacy, Historicity, and Land Conflict. 20The literature on land conflict specific to Kenya identifies colonial legacy as one of the primary reasons generating land-related grievances.

What causes land conflicts in Kenya?

Land and water-related conflicts are flaring up across Kenya, amid drought, population growth and high unemployment. Climate change is worsening tensions, as erratic rains push farmers and herders deeper into poverty.

What caused deforestation in Kenya?

The main reasons for deforestation are multiple and complex: from unregulated charcoal production, logging of indigenous trees, marijuana cultivation, and cultivated fields in the indigenous forest to shamba-system practices, livestock grazing, quarry landslides and human settlements.