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Culture And Environmental Resources Conservation Question Paper

Culture And Environmental Resources Conservation

Course:Bachelor Of Environmental Studies

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
(RESOURCE CONSERVATION)
ERC 203: CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
CONSERVATION

DATE: Monday 28th December, 2009 TIME: 2.00 p.m – 4.00 p.m

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer question ONE and any other THREE Questions.

1.
a)
Explain the terms:-
i)
Indigenous
knowledge
systems.
[5
marks]
ii)
Open
access
tenure
system.
[5
marks]
b)
In reference to various communities in Kenya, discuss the role of
indigenous knowledge in the management of environmental resources.

[ 15 marks]
2.
Using Kenya as an example, discuss the effects of culture diversity to
environmental
resources
conservation. [15
marks]
3.
Discuss the challenges involved in the management of communal resources in
Kenya.
[15
marks]
4.
Land tenure systems in a community are prone to change in response to the
various political, economic and social forces. Discuss the state of the Kenyan
land tenure systems during the:-

i) Pre-colonial era

[5 marks]

ii)
Colonial era

[5 marks]

in reference to the management of environmental resources.
5.
The level of poverty in Africa has been termed as one of the major challenges in
environmental
resource
conservation.
Discuss the link between poverty and

natural resources conservation. [15
marks]
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