David Kimani Kuria
Community Empowerment in Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development at Kereita Forest, Kenya
A team member showing local community members how to plant a tree during World Environment Day 2002.
| Town/Region | Country | Categories | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kereita Forest | Kenya | Africa, Community, Education, Forests | 20 Feb 2002 |
This project aims to empower the local community to participate in biodiversity conservation and improvement of livelihoods in one of the Kenyan closed canopy forests, the Kereita.
The project hopes to achieve this by providing necessary information to the forest-adjacent community, whilst encouraging and supporting environmentally friendly initiatives that are geared towards conservation and protection of this important and unique ecosystem. The envisaged activities include an enhanced eco-tourism scheme, sericulture, bee keeping and a special environmental programme. The project will adopt an integrated approach that emphasises the use of traditional and local knowledge in conservation and management of the forest biodiversity.
You can contact David at davekenvo@hotmail.com or eanhs@africaonline.co.ke