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Equator Initiative Case StudiesLocal sustainable development solutions for people, nature, and resilient communities
Kenya
KIJABE ENVIRONMENTVOLUNTEERS (KENVO)
Empowered live
Resilient nation
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UNDP EQUATOR INITIATIVE CASE STUDY SERIES
Local and indigenous communities across the world are advancing innovative sustainable development solutions that wo
or people and or nature. Few publications or case studies tell the ull story o how such initiatives evolve, the breadth
their impacts, or how they change over time. Fewer still have undertaken to tell these stories with community practition
themselves guiding the narrative.
To mark its 10-year anniversary, the Equator Initiative aims to ll this gap. The ollowing case study is one in a growing ser
that details the work o Equator Prize winners vetted and peer-reviewed best practices in community-based environmenconservation and sustainable livelihoods. These cases are intended to inspire the policy dialogue needed to take local succ
to scale, to improve the global knowledge base on local environment and development solutions, and to serve as models
replication. Case studies are best viewed and understood with reerence to The Power o Local Action: Lessons rom 10 Years
the Equator Prize, a compendium o lessons learned and policy guidance that draws rom the case material.
Click on the map to visit the Equator Initiatives searchable case study database.
EditorsEditor-in-Chie: Joseph CorcoranManaging Editor: Oliver HughesContributing Editors: Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Erin Lewis, Whitney Wilding
Contributing WritersEdayatu Abieodun Lamptey, Erin Atwell, Toni Blackman, Jonathan Clay, Joseph Corcoran, Larissa Currado, Sarah Gordon, Oliver Hughe
Wen-Juan Jiang, Sonal Kanabar, Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Rachael Lader, Patrick Lee, Erin Lewis, Jona Liebl, Mengning Ma,
Mary McGraw, Gabriele Orlandi, Juliana Quaresma, Peter Schecter, Martin Sommerschuh, Whitney Wilding, Luna Wu
DesignOliver Hughes, Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Amy Korngiebel, Kimberly Koserowski, Erin Lewis, John Mulqueen, Lorena de la Pa
Brandon Payne, Mariajos Satizbal G.
AcknowledgementsThe Equator Initiative acknowledges with gratitude the Kijabe Environment Volunteers (KENVO), and in particular the guidance a
inputs o David Kuria and Leah Mwangi. All photo credits courtesy o KENVO. Maps courtesy o CIA World Factbook and Wikipedia.
Suggested CitationUnited Nations Development Programme. 2012. Kijabe Environment Volunteers (KENVO), Kenya. Equator Initiative Case Study Series. N
York, NY.
http://www.equatorinitiative.org/images/stories/Power_of_Local_Action_Final_2013.pdfhttp://www.equatorinitiative.org/images/stories/Power_of_Local_Action_Final_2013.pdfhttp://equatorinitiative.org/index.php?option=com_winners&view=casestudysearch&Itemid=858http://www.equatorinitiative.org/images/stories/Power_of_Local_Action_Final_2013.pdfhttp://www.equatorinitiative.org/images/stories/Power_of_Local_Action_Final_2013.pdf -
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PROJECT SUMMARYKijabe Environment Volunteers (KENVO) has worked withrural communities on the Kikuyu Escarpment in Kenyasince 1996, with a primary ocus on orest conservationand reorestation in response to human pressures on theescarpments orests. The organization has evolved beyondthis initial ocus, however, into a exible delivery mechanismor donor-unded interventions and a powerul vehicle orholistic local development.
The current range o activities includes selling aordableuel-efcient stoves to poor arming households; distributing
mosquito nets to combat increased incidence o malaria inescarpment communities; encouraging bee-keeping andsh-arming as alternative livelihood activities or armers;acilitating conict resolution over water access betweenlocal tribes; a comprehensive environmental educationprogram; and developing ecotourism through the creationo an eco-lodge in partnership with a local Maasai tribe.
KEY FACTS
EQUATOR PRIZE WINNER: 2008
FOUNDED: 1996
LOCATION: Kimende, Kenya
BENEFICIARIES: Rural communities of Kijabe
BIODIVERSITY: Kereita Forest
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KIJABE ENVIRONMENT VOLUNTEERS(KENVO)Kenya
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Background and Context 4
Key Activities and Innovations 6
Biodiversity Impacts 8
Socioeconomic Impacts 8
Policy Impacts 9
Sustainability 10
Replication 10
Partners 11
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With the objective o conserving Kenyas natural habitats and
iodiversity, Kijabe Environment Volunteers (KENVO) provides
ocal communities with the inormation, education, and resources
hey need to advance environmentally-riendly businesses. KENVO
as been active in the Kijabe area o the southern slopes o the
Aberdares since 1996, working to combat the degradation o orests
n the Kikuyu Escarpment. These are home to indigenous tree
pecies rom the Croton, Olea, and Prunus Aricana amilies, as well as
arieties o Blue Gum. The orests are also habitats or many species
bird, Sykes and Black and White Colubus Monkeys, and elephants.
he escarpment itsel overlooks the Rit Valley oor, approximately
,500 metres above sea level at its highest point, along the course o
he Nairobi-Naivasha Highway.
he most common source o income is rom small-scale agriculture.
Households grow vegetables such as carrots and potatoes, and
ypically harvest one grain such as maize per year. KENVOs main
fce, situated adjacent to Kereita Forest, is at around 2,400m above
ea level; tea is grown at around 2,000m, and coee at 1,500m.
Much o KENVOs work has ocused on eco-agricultural initiatives,
ncouraging conservation practices that complement local
ommunities arming livelihood activities.
Reorestation and diversiying livelihoods
he main ocus o KENVOs work is orest rehabilitation. A group ooung activists with university educations in conservation initially
nited in 1996 to address the problem o deorestation in Kereita
orest, an indigenous tree species block that still serves as the
entral conservation area o KENVOs work. Pressure on the orest
esulted rom the local communities practices o elling or timber
nd charcoal burning, as well as grazing their herds within the
orested area. The education o local villages on the importance o
onservation became the main aim o KENVOs work, and led to the
road portolio o alternative environmentally-riendly livelihoods
hey support today.
Agroorestry has ormed a large part o this, enabled by the U
Nations Environment Programmes (UNEP) sponsorship
Responsible Consumer Behaviour paper compensation scheme
has supported the creation o a tree nursery at Kereita, with a se
unded by Carbacid Mining Company, and a third in the groun
a local primary school in the village o Matathia, where KENVO w
in environmental education. Between them, these three nurs
produce almost 100,000 seedlings each year.
Other signicant areas o work include youth empowerment, thro
mentoring local groups o young people and involvement inCanada World Youth international exchange program. Comm
outreach is continued through workshops, and KENVOs mon
bird-watching monitoring exercise in Kereita Forest, mostly
Kikuyu village populations along the escarpment. Giving tra
and nancial support to grassroots community organisation
livelihood improvement projects such as bee-keeping and
arming has helped to provide alternative sources o income or
people. Finally, an ecotourism campsite is being developed
southern portion o the escarpment with the indigenous Il Para
Maasai tribe.
Background and Context
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Organizational structure
KENVO membership remains open to any community members
who wish to volunteer their time to combat orest degradation in
nd around the Kikuyu Escarpment orests. Currently, the group has
more than 100 members in total, including both ull-time and afliate
roup members. The organization is led by an elected committee o
even gures, including two representatives rom KENVO member
roups, that oversees the implementation o decisions made bymembers and oversees long-term programs.
KENVO also has a 12-person secretariat that oversees the day-to
running o the organization, based at the KENVO Resource Ce
near the town o Kimende, which also houses a library and lec
hall. The Centre itsel was built with government unding in 2
the recently-established district government ofces are with
quarter o a mile. Kenya Forest Service (KFS) also has ofces in
region, and has been a close partner o KENVO since its ounda
Representatives rom KFS, Nature Kenya, a Kenya Forests Wor
Group, Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), and UNEP oradvisory committee that provides expert advice to the organizat
project implementation teams.
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Key Activities and Innovations
ree planting or orest rehabilitation orms the main part o KENVOs
work, taking place at three tree nurseries. The schemes are unded
by dierent sources, and involve KENVO volunteers, community
participants, school children, and Kenya Forest Service.
Kereita Forest tree nursery
he rst o these programs, based at KENVOs Resource Centre
djacent to Kereita Forest, began in 2000, when a Nairobi-based
UNEP department undertook an Early Warning Assessment to
alculate their paper usage. Through a Responsible Consumer
ehaviour paper compensation scheme they pledged that, or each
eam o paper used, they would give KENVO the unds calculatedo grow one indigenous seedling to planting height. The division
nitially contributed around 2,000 seedlings per year; currently
here are eight divisions taking part, contributing at least 16,000
eedlings. With other private companies involved in compensating
or trees they have harvested or medicinal and cosmetic research,
he Kereita nursery plants around 30,000 seedlings annually.
hese are mostly o one species, Croton, which has bio-diesel
ses. It is also non-palatable or livestock, which is an important
onsideration: local communities are allowed to graze their livestock
n the orest in return or a tax, as long as they ollow their herds. In
practice they do not, so many seedling trees are destroyed beore
hey can grow. Another non-palatable, indigenous species planteds rom the olive, or Olea, amily. Greveria, or Silky Oak, is an exotic,
ast-growing species, and is also planted at Kereita or commercial
ses. These seedlings are sold to households at KSh5 (around USD
.06, below the market price o KSh10) or use in agroorestry by
ouseholds. This species has proven uses as animal odder, rewood,
nd timber.
he Kenya Forest Service (KFS) has divided Kereita Forest into two
blocks: 4,700 hectares are reserved or indigenous trees, which
re protected against elling by law, while 2,600 hectares are or
commercial use. This includes cyprus, pine, and blue gum trees
nursery itsel is divided into three sections, or use by KFS, KEN
and communities. The communities are given initial capita
KENVO, in the orm o seeds and pods, and they develop their
cooperative nurseries, taking cuttings rom the mother trees in
orest, beore selling the seedlings at planting height to KE
Local schools also undraise or the cost o seedlings and volun
at the nursery. Through these schemes, KENVO has been succe
in creating incentives or reducing local practices o deoresta
and charcoal burning, which had put huge pressures on the or
Carbacid tree nursery
The second nursery at Carbacid was begun in 2004, and is prim
unded by Carbacid mining company, which mines carbon dioxi
the area, through their Greening Kereita Forest project. The nu
is managed wholly by KENVO. Members o the local comm
volunteer to help ll potting bags or the seedlings, and are pa
an inormal basis. Carbacid provides a minimum o 50,000 seed
annually, o which 30-40,000 are indigenous. Again, these are mCroton and Olea, as well as Greveria, and are planted within
surrounding orest. At times when unding has not been prov
by Carbacid, KENVO has unded the project independently.
Matathia tree nursery
KENVO has encouraged environmental education in Lari
Matathia Districts, through supporting the development o sch
Environment Clubs. At Matathia Primary School, or insta
students have participated in organised clean-ups, eld trips,
watching programs, education about indigenous and exotic
species, and KENVOs annual World Environment Day activ
Students have also learned about water and soil conservatio
well as the importance o waste management, through recy
programs. The schools Environment Club, ounded in 2003
cultivated a tree nursery within the school compound,
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KENVO donated Greveria seeds. This nursery, part-managed by a
KENVO representative, now includes Croton, Olea, Jatropha, variouscacia types and Dobae. These seedlings have been used or the
ehabilitation o the Kikuyu Escarpment: 30,000 have been planted
ince August 2009, with a target o 100,000, which would include ten
ierent tree species. KENVO has also enabled the development o
school support network or the replication o this success within
eighbouring districts, through KEFIBA (Kikuyu Escarpment Forest
mportant Bird Areas).
Alternative livelihoods
Apiculture has been an eco-riendly livelihood activity supported
y KENVO, although the socioeconomic returns in terms o income
eneration are still being realized. This began in 2005 with unding
rom the EUs Biodiversity Conservation Programme (BCP). Since
hen, 150 beehives have been distributed to 10 local youth and
womens groups, usually comprising o 15 members each. KENVO
as also given training and donated protective harvesting gear to
he groups, while on their part, the group members are expected to
reate the hives area, and ensure its security. The ten groups meetor joint discussions each month. One o these examples, Esibonia
Youth Group, began their work in June 2009, and expect to harvest
heir rst batch o honey by October 2010. Ater using a portion o
he honey or their own consumption, the group intends to market
nd sell the product. Another group has been able to expand their
ctivities to manage 40 hives.
ish-arming is another area in which KENVO has given support
o local groups through access to micro-loans. Kaharlu Womens
Group, a womens agricultural co-operative that has worked on
Kikuyu Escarpment since 1985, was given unding by KENVO to dig
ut a sh pond. KENVO then supplied the plastic lining and 400
lapia sh. The women harvested 900 specimens in July 2010, andave been assisted in marketing them by KENVO. Mariculture and
piculture are being encouraged in order to urther reduce pressure
n the escarpment orests or livelihoods.
Finally, KENVO has initiated an ecotourism project in collabora
with the indigenous Il Parakwo Maasai people, rom the sout
slopes o the escarpment. The construction o lodges at Osotua Ca
Kanan, began in 2007 ater participatory work with tribal lea
Maasai representatives had originally been engaged by KE
in beginning tree nurseries, to compensate or the eects o
livestock grazing and charcoal burning on the escarpment or
Training was also given on orest monitoring and policing. The
behind developing an eco-lodge was to promote the rehabilitao these orests and to generate revenue or local education proj
This was given impetus ater site visits to successul example
Maasai community-based conservation and tourism projects,
as Il Ngwesi Group Ranch in Laikipia District. The Il Parakwo Ma
and KENVO submitted a joint proposal or unding rom IUCN,
urther unding contributed by USAIDs PACT Kenya, and a g
rom the UNDP-implemented Global Environment Facility (
Small Grants Programme.
The lodge and campsite will allow visitors to interact with
Maasai people, view perormances o cultural dances and tradit
and to purchase artisanal handicrats made by local people.
construction work is being undertaken alongside a tree-plan
scheme in the surrounding area, with 2,500 trees planted by
2010. Once open, the proceeds will be reinvested in developin
tree nursery, expanding the local primary school to eight classro
and to und a water distribution project. In the course o its w
in the area, KENVO has helped to mediate a conict between
Maasai pastoralists and the Kikuyu agrarians rom the higher sl
over access to water sources. As well as unding the project, IUCN
also provided training or the Maasai as guides to the areas wil
while KENVO is marketing the eco-lodge via a website. Currentl
management team consists o seven representatives rom KE
and seven rom the Maasai people, and meets monthly to dis
progress. The revenues rom the project will help to und KENconservation activities, and will greatly contribute to its long-
nancial sustainability.
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Impacts
BIODIVERSITY IMPACTS
here have been measurable changes in the areas o high biodiversity
argeted by KENVOs work, especially in Kereita Forest. Education o
he local community has successully changed attitudes towards use
the orest, and has reduced practices such as charcoal burning. This
as been complemented by the extensive tree-planting schemes at
Kereita and Matathia, as well as around the new ecotourism lodge.
inally, agroorestry and the promotion o various eco-riendly
usinesses have reduced communities dependence on the orest
or their livelihoods.
Measuring improvements in conservation
KENVO has been able to observe these positive impacts through
egular community participation in monitoring o birds, wildlie
nd vegetation. Annual monitoring is conducted every August in
pecied transects o land measuring up to one kilometre in length.
Within these transects are sample plots in which the vegetation is
monitored. This includes measuring the extent o canopy cover, the
iameter o tree seedlings, and looking or human disturbances
within the area. One notable improvement in the regenerated orest
reas has been signicantly higher numbers o Prunus Aricanus,
r Red Stinkwood, which has medicinal properties and is highly
mportant to the indigenous people o the Kikuyu Escarpment.
ndigenous croton and olea tree species have also been chosen orheir utility or local communities, as well as being non-palatable.
irds are also counted annually within these sample plots, as
well as in monthly birding exercises. Kereita Forest is home to at
east 120 bird species, including hawks, Turacos, shrikes, cuckoos,
weavers, and eagles. The orest also supports a population o the
ndangered Abbotts starling, leading to the orest being classied
s an Important Bird Area (IBA) by Bird Lie International, through
Nature Kenya. One observed trend within the regenerated portion
o Kereita Forest has been the return o Green-Headed Sun
and Red-Chested Sparrowhawks rom the interior o the orest
edge, indicative o the reduction in human activities within the
area. Other wildlie species include both Sykes Monkey and B
and White Colubus, while the higher orest areas are also hom
elephants. This has led to some human-wildlie conicts, espec
when elephants have encroached on household arm plot
KENVO worked locally with Kenya Wildlie Service in erecting pa
an electric ence around the Aberdares region.
As well as being an important area or orests and wildlie
escarpment area orms part o the south-eastern Aberdares
which is an important water catchment area within Kenya. Mothe water used in Nairobi, or instance, comes rom the Aber
region. In light o this, growing and planting o eucalyptus
or commercial reasons was stopped, due to their harmul e
on water sources and soil ertility. The importance o the regio
local and national ecosystem services is reected in the involvem
o other Kenyan stakeholders. Much o KENVOs conservation w
has been conducted in partnership with the local branches o
Kenya Forest Service and Kenya Wildlie Service, while data
KENVOs monitoring exercises are sent to the National Museum
Kenya or analysis.
SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS
The chie socioeconomic benets resulting rom KENVOs work
be seen in long-term income generation rom the eco-busine
they have promoted. Over time, apiculture and mariculture activ
are expected to provide a reliable source o revenue or the gr
involved. Similarly, the ecotourism project will provide a sourc
income or the local Maasai, who plan to reinvest the prots
expanding their secondary school to eight classrooms. The
nurseries have given amilies access to timber and encoura
agroorestry, thereby enhancing their livelihood prospects.
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Delivering health and education benets
n addition to these longer-term benets, however, KENVO has also
ponsored various inrastructure and health projects. Since 2005,
he group has been involved in selling uel-efcient stoves to local
communities, reducing their need or uel wood and improving
health conditions in their homes. This has used the successul
iko Rocket ceramic stove model, which has been sold to 300
households. Training was given to young people by experts, whohen acted as pioneers in training others on how to install and use
he stoves. The associated health and social benets are especially
argeted or women, who are generally the chie rewood-gatherers
n households.
Matathia Primary School has benetted rom two water tanks
donated by KENVO to serve their tree nurseries. Access to water is a
pressing concern or many o the communities on the escarpment,
and has been a priority or KENVO in several areas. At the site o
heir new eco-lodge, Osotua Camp, they have helped to mediate
a dispute between the uphill Kikuyu agrarians and the downhill
Maasai pastoralists over the use o water or agriculture and livestock
espectively. By installing water tanks and pipes, KENVO has helpedo resolve the problem, and ensure water security or the two tribes.
Finally, KENVO has targeted the problem o increased incidence
o malaria in the communities along the escarpment. The rate o
malarial inections has been increasing in recent years, which has
been linked to the warming temperatures, and subsequent higher
numbers o mosquitoes. Early in 2010, as part o a joint project with
civil society organisations rom Manitoba, Canada, 500 mosquito
nets were distributed to local health centres at Lari, Kagwe, and
Kereita, and to other dispensaries. The scheme was an example
o community-based measures to mitigate the eects o climate
change, and was made possible through KENVOs participation in
nternational youth exchanges.
POLICY IMPACTS
KENVOs inuence on policy changes has been growing steadily
ince their inception. Although this was initially limited, they have
been able to have an impact through membership o national
bodies such as Kenya Wildlie Service (KWS), Kenya Forests Service
KFS), a Kenya Forests Working Group, and Nature Kenya. They also
it on the District Environment Committee, and benet rom their
close proximity to the local government headquarters.
ncreasingly, Kenyan policies on environmental conservation areaking into account the interests o communities. For instance, the
Forestry Act o 2005 enabled the creation o Community Forest
Associations (CFAs), building on the introduction o Participatory
Forest Management (PFM) approaches in areas o Kenya. These
CFAs act as umbrella organisations or all o the various stakeholder
orest user groups, and give communities a mandate to make their
own decisions on conservation and the sustainable use o their
natural resources. Five CFAs have been ormed in ve orest blocks
n the district, with a urther ve being planned or the remaining
blocks in the larger escarpment orest. This participatory approach
has had some notable benets: an example is when KFS plan
to grant concessions or ecotourism ventures in some portio
the Kikuyu Escarpment. KENVO mobilised to collect opinions
local communities and communicated these to KFS; as a result
orest service has given rst priority to communities application
ecotourism concessions. Participatory orest management has
allowed or the establishment o a number o usage rights withi
orest or local communities.
Collection o medicinal herbs
Harvesting o honey
Fuel wood collection
Grass and odder harvesting
Grazing
Ecotourism and recreational activities
Plantation establishment through the KFS Plantation
Establishment and Livelihood Improvement Scheme (PELIS)
Silviculture activities
Seedling production and seed collection
Butterfy, sh, and mushroom arming Collection o ruits, berries and vegetables
Water abstraction
Quarrying, laterite (murram) and ballast collection
Extraction o woodcrat materials
Harvesting o timber
Development o community-based timber and
non-timber industries
While these developments represent signicant prog
in conservation policy, obstacles remain to a model o
participatory resource management. One example is the st
eect o government bureaucracy, which has limited the inu
KENVO can have on regional and national policy-making decisi
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Fig. 1: Some user rights for Kikuyu Escarpment communiti
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Sustainability and Replication
SUSTAINABILITYo date, KENVO has been able to sustain its work through
he engagement o local community members, partnerships
with regional and national NGOs and government ofces, and
unding support rom international organisations. Its longer term
ustainability remains a concern, however; the principal means
hrough which KENVO hopes to ensure this is the development o
cotourism at Osotua Camp.
Volunteer support has been crucial or the maintenance o KENVOs
ree nurseries, and this has requently involved local youth, schools,
nd womens groups. This has been encouraged by the benetsered by agroorestry, which have incentivised growing and
lanting tree seedlings. Meanwhile, exotic, ast-growing tree species
ave also been sold or prot, which has helped to und part o
KENVOs work. Private unding has been crucial however: UNEP and
Carbacid Mining Company each und one o KENVOs tree nurseries.
arge-scale community development projects such as apiculture,
mariculture, and ecotourism, or donating bed nets or water tanks,
ave been enabled through unding and partnerships with the
Kenyan government and non-governmental sources. The eco-lodge
nd campsite at Osotua, or instance, has been supported by USAID
hrough PACT Kenya, the GEF Small Grants Programme, and IUCN,
who assisted in the initial marketing eorts.
KENVOs relationship with Nature Kenya has been developed
hrough their association with BirdLie International, ater Kereita
orest was designated as an Important Bird Area (IBA). A new orest
ehabilitation scheme called Tupande Pamoja has been planned by
KENVO, which will involve corporate sponsors buying tree seedlings
rom local communities to replant orests.
KENVO has worked with Kenya Forest Service (KFS) on pr
implementation committees in the Kereita Forest area, and
has also been instrumental in conducting orest surveys
monitoring. Kenya Wildlie Service (KWS) collaborated with KE
to construct a wildlie ence within the Aberdares region to pre
wildlie incursions. Finally, the Ministry o Agriculture has he
to implement sh-arming projects, as well as bee-keeping
tree nurseries, targeting ood security issues. These relations
have been undamental to the groups sustained impact, as
their participation in the District Environment Committee, Di
Development Committee, District Security Committee, and Di
Education Stakeholders Forum.
Long-term nancial stability is an important challenge or KE
however, and this will rely on revenues generated by
ecotourism initiative. This would provide a reliable source o un
or their development projects, and would allow them to scal
their successes.
REPLICATION
KENVO has been able to act as an inuential model or o
conservation through its role as a Site Support Group (SSG)
Nature Kenya and BirdLie International. It has hosted other gr
rom Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Kikuyu, Kakamega, and Lai
who have learned rom KENVOs initiatives. Together these grorm a national network or bird conservation, and meet at an an
orum hosted by Nature Kenya.
Within the Kikuyu Escarpment, there are other projects base
KENVOs model. Through their extensive mentoring work with y
groups, they have been able to train pioneers who implemen
lessons learned and best practices in their own communitie
particular, many o these groups similarly ocus on orest monito
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PARTNERS
Nature Kenya
Kenya Forests Working Group
Ecotourism Kenya
Carbacid Mining Company
IUCN (International Conservation Union)
PACT Kenya (through USAID)
UNDP GEF Small Grants Programme: Small Grant Recipient
2009-2011
Kenya Wildlie Service
Kenya Forest Service
United Nations Environment Programme
Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI)
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FURTHER REFERENCE
KENVO website: kenvokenya.com
KENVO PhotoStory (Vimeo) vimeo.com/15750443 (English) vimeo.com/15750525 (Swahili)
KENVO: Capturing New Market Opportunities or Farmers: HabitatSeven(Vimeo) vimeo.com/7351740
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