ILMAMUSI CFA New Staff Profiles

Mr. Lestan Kimiri joins ILMAMUSI CFA as the Manager. Lestan is driven by a passion for forest conservation. He was raised in a Mukogodo Forest community and studied intensively about community forest associations. His Master’s thesis was based on the establishment of traditional boundaries for forest resources and forest users. Mr. Kimiri envisions working well…

Strengthening Mukogodo Community Forest Association Good Governance and Institutional Sustainability

The ILMAMUSI Community Forest Association officially introduced its new manager and the new security coordinator during a recent board meeting held on the 13th of October 2021 at the CFA offices in Mukogodo. Mr. Lestan Kirimi was officially assigned the mandate to manage the CFA from the 1st of October, taking over from his predecessor,…

Embracing a New Approach to Rangeland Rehabilitation Micro-catchments

Community members from Il Ngwesi and Lekuruki Conservancies began a land restoration exercise that seeks to return vegetation and grass cover in their landscape. The exercise dubbed,  “micro catchment management”, involves the digging of semicircular bunds and growing grass in them to help reduce surface water runoff and increase the chances of vegetation growth because…