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Restoring Mukogodo Forest in Laikipia, Kenya

Located in the Eastern part of Kenya in the counties of Isiolo and Laikipia is Mukogodo forest, an indigenous national forest reserve measuring approximately 30,000 Ha. Being in an area classified as Arid and Semi-Arid Lands, Mukogodo is amongst the most vulnerable forests to climate change in Kenya. Mukogodo is also one of the last remaining dry forests managed by communities living around it under the Kenya Forest and management Act of 2016. Mukogodo forest is of critical importance as a dry land forest. It provides dry season grazing for communities around the forest. The communities are majorly pastoralists in nature so they depend on the forest for dry season grazing when pasture is limited in their rangelands. So the forest provides water for their livestock and also pasture during that spell when it gets really dry. However, this is being threatened by deforestation and land degradation occasioned by population pressure, over grazing, charcoal burning and other excessive use of its resources by the communities. There are four main community rangelands surrounding Mukogodo forest namely; Ilngwesi , Makurian, Kurkuri and Lerkkurk. The four came together to form ILMAMUSI Community Forest Association (CFA) and they depend on the forest for pasture, honey, herbal medicine, and firewood among other Benefits. It is for this reason that FAO Kenya with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF 6) started implementing a restoration initiative project in Mukogodo forest, through various bio-enterprise development and other incentives. Efforts to restore the forest begun in earnest in the year 2019 with the mobilization of the IlMAMUSI Community Forest Association (CFA). Next task was to mobilize the institution’s capacity though trainings and exchange visits.With the interventions at Mukogodo, the FAO aims to reduce the overall proportion of degraded land by at least 20%. These significant and deliberate decisions by FAO, strategic partners and the Il Mamusi Community Forest Association have borne significant fruits. and the benefit sharing forest regulation. The Key supporting local partners include; Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) ; The National Museum of Kenya (NMK); The Laikipia World life Forum (LWF); The Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) and The Kenya Forest Service(KFS). Indeed with its survival, so will their livelihoods, wellbeing, food, water, energy, security and resilience be restored. http://www.fao.org/in-action/forest-l... Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Follow FAO on social media! Facebook -   / unfao   Instagram -   / fao   LinkedIn -   / fao   TikTok -   / fao   Twitter -   / fao   Weibo - https://www.weibo.com/unfao © FAO: http://www.fao.org #SDGs #Agenda2030 #GlobalGoals