The ILMAMUSI Forest Association, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya Forest Service, Borana Conservancy, Kenya Wildlife Service, the Northern Rangeland Trust, and the Laikipia Forum met on the 4th of March to agree on the team and the roadmap that will implement the new BIOPAMA Mukogodo Support Project. The team shows its full commitment to implement the…
The Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM), produced by IUCN and the World Resources Institute, provides a flexible and affordable framework for countries to rapidly identify and analyze forest landscape restoration (FLR) potential and locate specific areas of opportunity at a national or sub-national level. ROAM was developed in 2014 and can provide vital support to…
Serious complaints have been raised by the management of the Likii Water Resources Users Association over the infringement and promotion of illegal water abstraction activities from the River by a neighbouring WRUA. The Likii WRUA management, led by its chairperson Mr. Julius Kirinya, has serious claims that the neighbouring WRUA (through a section of its…
Camille Wekesa and Caren Tankard both moved to Nanyuki in 2014 and became friends and neighbours as they each began reforestation projects on their plots along the Ontulili River, a few kilometres outside of Nanyuki, off the Meru road to Timau. The regeneration of their individual plots saw an increase in the Colobus and Sykes…
“In an ideal forest, people do not live inside the forest.” These are the words of Samuel Mukundi, the Ecosystem Conservator for Laikipia County. He supervises the KFS responsibilities in Mukogodo Forest. “We must therefore make a concerted effort from all stakeholders to see that community projects are in developed in tandem with sustainable conservation…
Water for irrigation purposes remains a top priority for majority of farmers living in the upstream of Upper Ewaso Ngiro North Basin. This is mostly because farming is the major livelihood for these communities. The Basin’s climate is characterized by frequent droughts and floods and does not favor this livelihood. As a result, farmers rely…
Pestilence and disease are scary. We face both right now with fresh clouds of desert locusts entering the country and a Corona Virus that has circled the world in less than a year, already killing more than 2 million people. Our conservation response has been characterized by a scramble to cut costs, reduce labor, secure…
“The outlook is positive, and we are on course to surpassing our annual target despite the impact of the Coronavirus. In fact, as of September 2020, we have done better compared to what we achieved in the whole of 2019,” said the Sacco’s chair, Charles Kiara, in an interview during the recent all board meeting…
Late last month, Laikipia Tourism Association (LTA) announced its 2021 membership drive campaign to provide the greater Laikipia Tourism community with a voice. Our target is to get up 50 establishments on board with the Laikipia Tourism Association this year. In the long term, we hope to have all establishments in Laikipia and its surroundings…
Mukogodo gazetted forest reserve is one of the remaining indigenous forests in Kenya. It is among the largest in East Africa covering an area of 30,189 hectares with a rich biodiversity consisting of over 210 species of birds and roughly 100 species of butterfly. The forest has over the years been managed jointly by ILMAMUSI…