A few months ago, the Lekurruki and Il Ngwesi community conservancy members embarked on a land restoration exercise to restore vegetation on seriously eroded and degraded rangelands. This effort entailed community members digging bunds and planting grass to reduce surface water runoff, enhance vegetation growth by retaining soil moisture, and curb further soil erosion. Through…
ILMAMUSI CFA Rangers concluded 4 day training on digital radio communications and Earth Ranger. The training took place at the CFA offices and inside Mukogodo Forest with the aim to equip ILMAMUSI CFA rangers with skills on how to operate Earth Ranger software and produce reports from data collected during their patrols. The training was…
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…
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…
The Laikipia County Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, in partnership with the Kenya Directorate of Veterinary Services, and the World Vision – Imara Program, has embarked on a livestock identification and traceability system programme in the County. The process involves tagging every animal with an electronic tag that is GPRS enabled. The tag also…
For years, the Mpala Research Center has hosted a long-term study on rangelands ecology, and the interface between soils, grasses and their consumption by both wildlife and livestock. The KLEE Project (Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment) is located on Mpala Ranch. The work occurs mostly on “black cotton soil” dominated by the tree Acacia drepanolobium (Whistling Thorn) and a…