Post on 20-Jan-2016
TREE PLANTING FOR WATERSHEDS
The Integrated Watershed Management Approach
A Green Belt Movement Experience
OVERALL OBJECTIVE
To restore the degraded watersheds
of key water catchments / forest ecosystems
so as to improve their functions
and improve the livelihood of the local communities
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
• To rehabilitate degraded watersheds by replanting local species. This will continue to maintain hydrology, the soil, carbon sequestration and the biodiversity of the forest.
• To support and diversify, in a sustainable manner, the sources of income of the neighbouring population of the forest by generating income from tree planting activities and promoting an alternative and profitable use of the forest.
• To restore habitats for local biodiversity and promote ecologically sound community initiatives.
THE FIVE MAJOR WATER TOWERS IN KENYA
WHAT IS A WATERSHED?
A region or area of land where all of the water on it ultimately drains to a particular watercourse or body of water.
If you track a drop of water that falls anywhere on the watershed, it will flow out through the same watercourse eventually.
HEALTHY INDIGENOUS FOREST IN MT. KENYA
HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE
FOREST DESTRUCTION
Source: UNEP
THE SHAMBA SYSTEM: FARMING IN THE FOREST
SOIL EROSION
Charcoal Burning
Consequences: Search for Water
Logging
THE GREEN BELT MOVEMENT FOCUS
V
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A values-driven society of people who consciously work for continued improvement of their livelihoods and a greener, cleaner world
Effective execution of watershed-based tree
planting and forest restoration and conservation
We strive for better environmental management, community empowerment, and livelihood improvement using tree-planting as an entry point
2-4 Years
12-18Months
Begin to implement watershed approach
Green Belt Movement’s strategic plan
5+ Years
Robust internal systems and structures to ensure
program integrity
National and international campaigns, communications
and advocacy
Conduct capacity development and training program
Identify sites for centralized GBM tree nurseries for in-forest tree
planting sites
Develop standardized training modules and train field staff to deliver a broader range of CEE trainings to community groups
Operationalize departmental systems (admin, programs, HR,
finance, IT, etc)
Develop policies and procedures manuals
Develop performance management system
Review organizational structure
Create management structure for delivery of advocacy – national and
international
Engage national stakeholders to influence environmental
policy/legislation
Document and share linkages between policy and practice
Roll out across GBM network and partners a CEE curriculum on climate change mitigation and
adaptationFoster and sustain global campaign
messaging on forests, tree planting, UN role, and Mottainai
WHY PRIORITY WATERSHEDS
GBM HAS BEEN ENGAGING COMMUNITIES
IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY TO PLANT TREES IN AND AROUND THE WATER CATCHMENTS.CURRENTLY THE FOCUS IS ON CRITICAL
WATERSHEDS
GRASSROOT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
TREE NURSERY ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT
MASSIVE PRODUCTION OF SEEDLINGS
COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING
REHABILITATION SITE
COMMUNITY BASED WATER MONITORING IN UPPER TANA
The Green Belt Movement has been doing environmental conservation, community empowerment and livelihood improvement for over 31 years.
To assess and demonstrate the impact of environmental conservation GBM in partnership with GWW is empowering communities to be able to monitor water resources at the grassroots.
The overall goal is to make communities comfortable to be able to take good samples and get credible data. This initiative demonstrates the relationship between flow and quality/purity of rivers and springs and tree planting in the watersheds.
BACTERIOLOGICAL MONITORING SUPPLIES
Coliscan Easygel Medium
Petri DishesSterile Pipette
Thermometer
Incubator
Number of E. coli per 100 mLSTOP! >600 relatively unsafe for human contact
CAUTION! 200-600 increasing risk for human illness
GO! <200 relatively safe for human contact
GWW Standards Used for Bacteriological Monitoring
BAMBOO BIOMASS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROJECT
• GBM IS PROMOTING CLEAN ENERGY AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN TO DO BUSINESS.
• THIS PROJECT FEATURED IN THE 24 HOUR CLIMATE REALITY
Zones of a River System
Freshwater Systems and Biodiversity Change with Habitat
Size, slope, substrate
PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM (PES)
THANK YOU
THE LEGACY OF THE LATE PROF. WANGARI MAATHAI LIVES ON