Kenya’s second largest county, Marsabit County, has over 200,000 people bearing the brunt of an acute food and water shortage. Dried up water lagas and barren agricultural fields are now dominating Marsabit County. Women are forced to walk for several kilometers in search of water. The little agricultural land is covered in dust, with carcasses…
As a follow-up to a story we did in 2021, Breathing New Life into Our Association, our membership has continued to grow over the year. The membership currently stands at 37, 12 more than we had reported at this stage last year. Our membership accommodates tourism service providers within the greater Laikipia landscape. LTA members…
Savage Wilderness coined the idea of an outdoor education program in September 2021 as a way to take kids out of their comfort zones and away from the many distractions in the modern world. This program aims to teach participants skills such as organizing skills, planning, packing, map reading, navigation among others. Alex, the program…
As per the land act 2016, all community land should elect a maximum of 15 members to hold the office of the community land management (CLMC). In this regard, the IL Ngwesi community elected their new CLMC and held an Annual General Meeting on the 9th of May 2022 at Lokuseru to introduce them to…
Likii sub-catchment continues to lose vegetation cover at an alarming rate through human activities such as charcoal burning and cutting down of trees within the riparian area to pave way for cultivation. The impacts of these human activities include severe soil erosion and degradation of the water quality . To address this situation, various intervention…
Community members from Mukogodo Forest landscape this week validated and adopted the 2020 to 2026 participatory Forest Management Plan for implementation. The Management Plan forms the basis of the subsequent Forest Management Agreement (FMA) governing Mukogodo forest that is to be signed between Kenya Forest Service and ILMAMUSI Mukogodo Forest Association. The Plan is expected…
The OPP – Ontulili Primates Protection – program is a community based organization set up by women along the Ontulili river in Nanyuki, Kenya. In 2021, OPP worked closely with Laikipia Forum (LF) and its donor, Over and Above Africa, to both monitor primates along the Ontulili and help reforest sections of the river. On…
Grace Wanene wears many crowns, including a former Miss Tourism Kenya back in 2013 and Miss Earth Kenya in 2016. She has also published a poetry and colouring book called Let’s Go Wild. The book was aimed at promoting literacy while also sensitizing children to conservation. However, her most notable work has been with the…
Community members of IL Ngwesi and Lekuruki remain hopefeul that their land restoration initiative (ongoing for over 6 months ) now finally bares fruit/grass! The initial digging of semicircular bunds. a training on grass seeding, and the establishment of micro-catchments were conducted last month with community members from Il Ngwesi and Lekuruki. The training was…
Rangelands and pastoralism are linked to diverse ecosystems, cultures, identities, traditional knowledge and historical experience coexisting with nature. Rangelands support the livelihoods and food security of millions of people around the world and have many benefits, not only to herders, but also to other communities through biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration and delivery of clean water.…