M.Sc. in Natural Resources and Peace
Egerton University
Important info
Environmental life support systems provide ecosystem goods and services for sustaining human livelihoods. These environmental goods and services are threatened with shrinkage due to increasing demands, overexploitation and biodiversity erosion. Increasing human population and climate change is a growing challenge and this too is likely to induce significant shifts in further decreases in ecosystem productivity and increase the vulnerability of marginalized communities. These challenges that threaten the very existence of humanity must be addressed by trained human capacity with competence to provide advisory services in areas of sustainable Natural resource management, resolve natural resource use conflicts, conduct research and carry out consultancy on the impacts of management activities on ecological and socio-economic systems in which resources occur and are managed. The M.Sc. in Natural Resources and Peace is designed to address these challenges and development needs of Kenya, Africa and beyond.
The Master of Science Degree Programme in Natural Resources and Peace equips graduates to contribute to solving significant environmental and development issues, such as the prevention of a global fresh water crisis, the recognition and empowerment of local and indigenous communities, the enhancement of biodiversity for global life support systems, and the identification and mitigation of conflicts that arise from development initiatives, natural resources management, and environmental issues. In particular, they are able to formulate policies to advance sustainable development at the local, regional and global levels, to facilitate international cooperation in the design of sustainable development and environment policy, and to generate strategies for environmental conflict management. They are also likely to become knowledgeable and well informed advocacy agents in development and environment matters, in favour of more vulnerable groups, and to be promoters of change in their society.
Graduates of the Natural Resource and Peace programme are likely to be employed by national, international and Natural resource development agencies, working in close contact with local organizations, as well as for environmental and policy making institutions.
- Master
- On Campus
- Nakuru
- Duration: 2 years
- Start Date: Flexible
- Price on application
Where and when
| Start Date | Location |
|---|---|
Flexible | P.O Box 536,Nakuru Kenya |
FAQ
The programme aims to develop graduates with holistic natural resource management skills to address challenges and needs of global development. The objectives of the programme are to:
i) develop human resource advisory capacity in multidisciplinary domains of natural resources management.
ii) provide smart and well informed advocacy agents in development and environmental matters.
iii) produce well informed cadre of professionals for identification of multi-faceted environmental problems with skills to formulate policies and strategies for environmental conflict management.
Applicants for admission should be holders of a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Resource Management, with at least second class honours upper division. or an equivalent qualification from a recognised institution. Applicants with qualifications from other related disciplines, such as Forestry, Agriculture, Environmental science, Range Ecology or Development studies with a minimum of Upper Second Class Honours from a recognised institution will be considered. Applicants with Second Class Honours Lower Division. with relevant working experience in the field of Natural resource management and sustainable development may be considered.