{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4377226331","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s003060532300008x","title":"\u2018We are our land\u2019\u2014Ogiek of Mount Elgon, Kenya: securing community tenure as the key enabling condition for sustaining community lands","display_name":"\u2018We are our land\u2019\u2014Ogiek of Mount Elgon, Kenya: securing community tenure as the key enabling condition for sustaining community lands","publication_year":2023,"publication_date":"2023-05-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4377226331","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s003060532300008x"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1017/s003060532300008x","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s003060532300008x","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s003060532300008x","pdf_url":"https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/B178D813D33DDA9667B6A2E5FB059E95/S003060532300008Xa.pdf/div-class-title-we-are-our-land-ogiek-of-mount-elgon-kenya-securing-community-tenure-as-the-key-enabling-condition-for-sustaining-community-lands-div.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S173884034","display_name":"Oryx","issn_l":"0030-6053","issn":["0030-6053","1365-3008"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-b","jufo-1","norway-1","oarl","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311721","host_organization_name":"Cambridge University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311721","https://openalex.org/P4310311702"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Cambridge University Press","University of Cambridge"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Oryx","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/B178D813D33DDA9667B6A2E5FB059E95/S003060532300008Xa.pdf/div-class-title-we-are-our-land-ogiek-of-mount-elgon-kenya-securing-community-tenure-as-the-key-enabling-condition-for-sustaining-community-lands-div.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5041196493","display_name":"Justin Kenrick","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2732-0735","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2732-0735"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210149938","display_name":"Forest Peoples Programme","ror":"https://ror.org/058c5e806","country_code":"NL","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210149938"]}],"countries":["NL"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Justin Kenrick","raw_affiliation_strings":["Forest Peoples Programme, Stratford Road, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 9NQ, UK"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2732-0735","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Forest Peoples Programme, Stratford Road, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 9NQ, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210149938"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Tom Rowley","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6101-4287","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6101-4287"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210149938","display_name":"Forest Peoples Programme","ror":"https://ror.org/058c5e806","country_code":"NL","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210149938"]}],"countries":["NL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tom Rowley","raw_affiliation_strings":["Forest Peoples Programme, Stratford Road, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 9NQ, UK"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6101-4287","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Forest Peoples Programme, Stratford Road, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 9NQ, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210149938"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5091991070","display_name":"Peter Kitelo","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210149938","display_name":"Forest Peoples Programme","ror":"https://ror.org/058c5e806","country_code":"NL","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210149938"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I98677209","display_name":"University of Edinburgh","ror":"https://ror.org/01nrxwf90","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I98677209"]}],"countries":["GB","NL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Peter Kitelo","raw_affiliation_strings":["Chepkitale Indigenous People Development Project, Kitale, Kenya","4287) Forest Peoples Programme, Stratford Road, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 9NQ, UK","The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Chepkitale Indigenous People Development Project, Kitale, Kenya","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"4287) Forest Peoples Programme, Stratford Road, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 9NQ, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210149938"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I98677209"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5041196493"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210149938"],"apc_list":{"value":2950,"currency":"USD","value_usd":2950},"apc_paid":{"value":2950,"currency":"USD","value_usd":2950},"fwci":2.5073,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":32,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.89848941,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":96,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"57","issue":"3","first_page":"298","last_page":"312"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10319","display_name":"Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management","score":0.9804999828338623,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2306","display_name":"Global and Planetary Change"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10319","display_name":"Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management","score":0.9804999828338623,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2306","display_name":"Global and Planetary Change"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11789","display_name":"Land Rights and Reforms","score":0.018200000748038292,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1111","display_name":"Soil Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13864","display_name":"Indigenous Cultures and History","score":0.00039999998989515007,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3314","display_name":"Anthropology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ogiek","display_name":"Ogiek","score":0.921999990940094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/communal-land-tenure","display_name":"communal land tenure","score":0.49900001287460327},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/forest-peoples","display_name":"forest dwellers","score":0.6679999828338623},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/indigenous-land-rights","display_name":"indigenous land rights","score":0.6949999928474426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/community-based-forest-conservation","display_name":"community-based forest conservation","score":0.7089999914169312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mount-elgon","display_name":"Mount Elgon","score":0.9380000233650208},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/illegal-logging","display_name":"illegal logging","score":0.7440000176429749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/land-alienation","display_name":"land alienation","score":0.5090000033378601},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ancestral-communities","display_name":"ancestral communities","score":0.34299999475479126}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55958113","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q169480","display_name":"Indigenous","level":2,"score":0.729840099811554},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187651312","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114","display_name":"Kenya","level":2,"score":0.7213164567947388},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137607661","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66493932","display_name":"Land tenure","level":3,"score":0.5332942008972168},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776931063","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4781738","display_name":"Appropriation","level":2,"score":0.5306788086891174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.5207345485687256},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107826830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q929380","display_name":"Environmental resource management","level":1,"score":0.5031198859214783},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778558971","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5196418","display_name":"Customary land","level":4,"score":0.47326400876045227},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C91375879","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15473274","display_name":"Environmental planning","level":1,"score":0.4285741150379181},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.32740849256515503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.258534699678421},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.20712637901306152},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.12344464659690857},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.12293741106987},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C118518473","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11451","display_name":"Agriculture","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1017/s003060532300008x","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s003060532300008x","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s003060532300008x","pdf_url":"https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/B178D813D33DDA9667B6A2E5FB059E95/S003060532300008Xa.pdf/div-class-title-we-are-our-land-ogiek-of-mount-elgon-kenya-securing-community-tenure-as-the-key-enabling-condition-for-sustaining-community-lands-div.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S173884034","display_name":"Oryx","issn_l":"0030-6053","issn":["0030-6053","1365-3008"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-b","jufo-1","norway-1","oarl","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311721","host_organization_name":"Cambridge University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311721","https://openalex.org/P4310311702"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Cambridge University Press","University of Cambridge"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Oryx","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:f81c3f0f7da74382841137155560da41","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/f81c3f0f7da74382841137155560da41","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Oryx, Vol 57, Pp 298-312 (2023)","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1017/s003060532300008x","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s003060532300008x","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s003060532300008x","pdf_url":"https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/B178D813D33DDA9667B6A2E5FB059E95/S003060532300008Xa.pdf/div-class-title-we-are-our-land-ogiek-of-mount-elgon-kenya-securing-community-tenure-as-the-key-enabling-condition-for-sustaining-community-lands-div.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S173884034","display_name":"Oryx","issn_l":"0030-6053","issn":["0030-6053","1365-3008"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-b","jufo-1","norway-1","oarl","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311721","host_organization_name":"Cambridge University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311721","https://openalex.org/P4310311702"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Cambridge University Press","University of Cambridge"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Oryx","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":1.0,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/15","display_name":"Life on land"},{"score":0.7297000288963318,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4377226331.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4377226331.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":21,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W248259726","https://openalex.org/W1981213426","https://openalex.org/W2070242798","https://openalex.org/W2073313811","https://openalex.org/W2127083193","https://openalex.org/W2136774757","https://openalex.org/W2175723801","https://openalex.org/W2332489679","https://openalex.org/W2342905576","https://openalex.org/W2398350456","https://openalex.org/W2604767272","https://openalex.org/W2738711488","https://openalex.org/W2742699571","https://openalex.org/W2806485645","https://openalex.org/W2840063536","https://openalex.org/W2855100445","https://openalex.org/W3004220838","https://openalex.org/W3169565080","https://openalex.org/W3197735684","https://openalex.org/W3215984863","https://openalex.org/W3217216138"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3169565080","https://openalex.org/W2758863727","https://openalex.org/W4377241806","https://openalex.org/W3150765698","https://openalex.org/W4411642208","https://openalex.org/W4319983168","https://openalex.org/W3037554251","https://openalex.org/W2014005079","https://openalex.org/W6996513477","https://openalex.org/W3138479483"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"We":[1,27,69,200],"outline":[2],"how":[3,202,227],"securing":[4,105],"the":[5,19,30,36,50,54,72,76,114,152,159,171,179,186,194,221,242],"community":[6,204,218],"tenure":[7,244],"rights":[8,245],"of":[9,24,35,46,56,78,85,141,197,217,246],"forest":[10,156],"peoples":[11,157],"can":[12,109,206],"create":[13],"a":[14,44],"rapid,":[15],"rights-based":[16],"route":[17],"to":[18,48,61,93,162,209],"effective":[20],"and":[21,33,41,43,63,96,118,131,235,239],"sustainable":[22,80,106],"conservation":[23,107],"their":[25,67,98,125,142],"forests.":[26,164,199],"draw":[28],"on":[29,175],"different":[31],"skillsets":[32],"experiences":[34],"authors":[37],"(long-term":[38],"fieldwork,":[39],"mapping":[40],"monitoring,":[42],"lifetime":[45],"experience)":[47],"identify":[49,71],"conditions":[51,73],"that":[52,74,91,104,120,135,154],"enable":[53,207],"Ogiek":[55,86],"Chepkitale,":[57],"Mount":[58,129],"Elgon,":[59],"Kenya,":[60],"sustain":[62],"be":[64,110,210],"sustained":[65],"by":[66,88,170],"lands.":[68,126],"also":[70,225],"drive":[75],"disruption":[77],"this":[79,228],"relationship":[81],"through":[82,113],"an":[83],"appropriation":[84],"resources":[87],"external":[89],"interests":[90],"threaten":[92],"degrade,":[94],"alienate":[95],"destroy":[97],"ecosystem.":[99],"It":[100],"is":[101,158,230],"increasingly":[102],"recognized":[103],"outcomes":[108],"best":[111,160],"achieved":[112],"deep":[115],"knowledge,":[116],"connection":[117],"commitment":[119],"ancestral":[121],"communities":[122],"have":[123,190],"regarding":[124],"Evidence":[127],"from":[128],"Elgon":[130],"more":[132],"broadly":[133],"shows":[134],"Indigenous":[136,198],"Peoples":[137],"are":[138],"better":[139],"guardians":[140],"forests":[143],"than":[144],"international":[145],"or":[146],"state":[147,182],"protection":[148],"agencies.":[149],"This":[150],"challenges":[151],"idea":[153],"evicting":[155],"way":[161,180],"protect":[163],"Other":[165],"studies,":[166],"including":[167],"those":[168],"conducted":[169],"Kenyan":[172,181],"governmental":[173],"Taskforce":[174],"Illegal":[176],"Logging,":[177],"highlight":[178,226],"agencies":[183],"such":[184,247],"as":[185],"Kenya":[187],"Forest":[188],"Service":[189],"been":[191],"responsible":[192],"for":[193],"severe":[195],"depletion":[196],"examine":[201],"collective":[203,243],"control":[205],"decisions":[208],"made":[211],"in":[212],"line":[213],"with":[214],"taking":[215],"care":[216],"lands":[219],"over":[220],"long":[222],"term,":[223],"but":[224],"ability":[229],"under":[231],"constant":[232],"threat":[233],"until":[234],"unless":[236],"national":[237],"law":[238],"practice":[240],"recognizes":[241],"communities.":[248]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4}],"updated_date":"2026-11-10T11:39:43.021295","created_date":"2023-05-23T00:00:00"}