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The East African Wild Life Society (EAWLS) facilitates four County Natural

Resource Forums (Nakuru, Kwale, Samburu and Laikipia) and the stakeholders within these forums have realized the importance of engaging with members of their County governments in order to ensure that they participate in the implementation of the development agenda in their Counties. This has been demonstrated by the Nakuru and Samburu County Natural Resource Forums.

The Nakuru County Natural Resource Forum (NACNAREF) had a chance to familiarize the members of the Nakuru County Executive Committee (CEC) for Environment, Natural Resources, Water and Energy (ENRWE) on their activities

Nakuru and Samburu County natural resource forums still going strong

By Phelix Lenamparasio- Coordinator, SACONARF, Christabel Barasa- Coordinator, NACNAREF, Mildred Menda EAWLS

with regard to Natural Resource Management (NRM) and discuss how they will go about developing their County’s NRM strategy which will be

anchored to the County Integrated Development Plan. This was achieved on 25th February 2014.

As they go on with these initiatives that they hope will pave way for a positive change in their County, they also understand that they need to tackle emerging issues in relation to partnerships and opportunities available, existing policies and laws that are related to NRM and alignment of legislation to the Constitution and the needs of the County. To realize this, SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis will be carried out to guide on the way forward.

Further to this, they seem to have priorities they have identified and would like to tackle including;

The meeting at Bendera involving both Samburu and Turkana Communities.

SACONARF (whose members are from both communities) having lunch at Kalomudang.


identifying and profiling legislation on NRM and establishment of an information center; all this they hope to achieve while liaising with their County Director of Environment.

The members of Samburu County Natural Resource Forum (SACONARF) on the other hand are also making strides in a positive direction as the communities in Samburu and Turkana endeavor to discuss and plan together on issues of NRM an aspect that has lacked in the past causing unrest between the two groups.

As such, they had a meeting on 26th March 2014 where different sessions of this meeting were held partly in Samburu and Turkana a step towards peaceful relations and definitely a benefit on how they agree to manage their natural resources which they are largely dependent on for their livelihoods. Some of the issues facing these two communities that were focused on during their discussions include poaching, hunting, forest fires, over exploitation in prices of livestock and sale of traditional attires, poor road and communication networks and insecurity as the major factors contributing to improper utilization of natural resources in Samburu North.

They also took advantage of their being together to visit the members of their County Executive Committees and Governor’s offices. In their discussions they were requested to share a budget that will be incorporated into the Counties next financial year 2014-2015 to support NRM activities. They also went further to meet members of the Kirisia Forest

Community Association to discuss on ways of reclaiming the lost glory of Kirisia forest. A high demand for wood fuel, charcoal burning, logging and illegal settlements are the biggest challenges affecting Kirisia forest. SACONARF recommended alternative energy sources and construction materials, resettlement and tree planting as ways of reducing

deforestation of Kirisia Forest.In a nutshell, we have gone round the county identifying issues affecting natural resources, the impacts they have on people as well as analyzed the interventions taken by various stakeholders. This analysis resulted in SACONARF producing a fact sheet and currently developing a policy brief.

SACONARF members with the Deputy Speaker of Samburu County Assembly and the County Executive Committee member for Environment.

SACONARF members in the Samburu County Governor’s office.


County natural resource networks’ exchange visit to Baragoi Samburu County

By Neema Suya; - WWF-CKP Kwale Landscape/KCNRN

The East Africa Wildlife Society (EAWLS) with support from ACT!s- Changieni Rasili

Mali (CRM) facility, supported an exchange visit for the four County Natural Resource Forums/Networks from 24th to 28th March, 2014. This visit comprised representatives from Kwale, Nakuru and Laikipia County Natural Resource Networks to visit Samburu County Natural Resource Forum (SACONARF).

The main objective of the Exchange visit/experience learning and mentorship programme was to facilitate members of the networks to visit and engage in discussions with other county networks on development, growth and operations of natural resource based networks. Participants exchanged ideas and shared lessons that could be useful in the growth and work of individual networks.

It provided an opportunity for the visiting member networks to familiarize with the expansive Samburu County, the natural resources endowed in it and the operations of the hosting forum.

Key Activities during the Visit25th March, 2014: A brief meeting was held at Maralal where the Networks shared experiences on; Network administration /leadership /registration; Key milestones; membership recruitment; linkages

with government agencies and other natural resource stakeholders; fund raising/resource mobilization; challenges and how individual groups plan to or has addressed them; among others.

The group that participated in the SACONARF monthly meeting during the exchange visit. This is a greenhouse of one of the SACONARF members in Nachola.

After the meeting, the team visited Kirisia Forest where members were able to view the level of encroachment and destruction of this pristine indigenous forest (comprise of Red cedar trees). The team also

(Left) the miners inside the mine and (Right) participants in the exchange visit curious to sample the minerals.


visited Kenyatta House. This is the house where the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta was detained to prepare him for leadership. The last stop-over for the day was Suyian Trust where mining of Chromite is taking place although in an unlawful way.

26th March, 2014: The team joined SACONARF in their monthly meeting at a place called Bendera, Baragoi, Samburu County. The meeting was attended by more than 30 people. The main aim of joining this meeting was to see and experience how the Forum conducts its monthly meetings.

After the meeting, the team headed to Kalomudang conservancy which is managed by both Samburu and Turkana communities where their main activity is to rescue ostriches from poachers. Additionally, one of the members has a different initiative where he practices irrigation agriculture and he plants all types of vegetables and pawpaws to supply Baragoi town. While in Kalomudang conservancy, the team had a chance

to view the Suguta valley where the Baragoi massacre took place in 2012.

27th March, 2014: A visit was made to Malaso conservancy Lesiolo view point which is one of the tourists’ destinations in the area. The main activities in this conservancy are environmental conservation, peace keeping, and provision of accommodation. Besides, the landscape also allows tourists to view the scenic Lesiolo ranges.

Lesson Learnt during the exchange visit:a) The networks are recognized

by the County government and have been involved in different activities related to Natural Resource Management (NRM).

b) There are lot of gaps in the government dockets regarding formulation and implementation of Natural Resource (NR) policies so there’s need for members to be enlightened.

c) Capacity building in NRM is a great opportunity for

networks to engage with the County government and other stakeholders in community sensitization.

d) Networks have aggressively tried to mobilize resources as this was evident in the submission of proposals to different donors and county government for the sustainability of the networks.

e) Vested interests by a few members is one of the great challenges that the networks are facing. It was suggested that networks encourage committed members to lobby for the top positions in the network thus enforcing the network constitutions in running the affairs of the networks.

f) There is a need to build NR centres in the counties where monitoring and exploring of economic initiatives will be done.

g) Advocacy is a difficult and risky exercise especially when dealing with government related issues thus should be approached cautiously.

SACONARF members joining-in in a dance before commencement of the monthly meeting at Bendera.


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For a long time artisanal fishers have heavily relied on traditional knowledge systems

in their fishing activities. However, with the recurrent social and ecological changes this knowledge has not resulted to sufficient fish catch to support their socio-economic needs.

We always say, ‘When life hands you a lemon, make lemonade,’ this is the approach the fishers are looking into to enhance their trade. With the dwindling marine resources particularly fish, the fishers have now resorted to adopting Global Positioning System (GPS) in their fishing activities. This saves on energy and time in locating fishing grounds. In addition, as a precautionary mechanism to prevent over-exploitation of the resources, the Beach Management Units (BMUs), mandated to oversee and uphold sustainable management of marine resources, are considering using the GPS in Monitoring Control and Surveillance of their co-management areas.

The East African Wild Life Society (EAWLS) procured GPS for two BMUs (Vanga and Kibuyuni) to support and ease patrol exercises and for better record keeping and reporting. So far the BMUs have already used the instrument in their patrol activities albeit at the preliminary stages. The feedback is already positive.

Having developed co-management plans for Kibuyuni and Vanga, it was important to ensure sustainable management of the co-management area, one way to do it is to support patrol exercise, as has been experienced in many parks and reserves, poachers have become

By Agatha Ogada

Patrolled Area (Red is Vanga, Grey is Kibuyuni) picture by Nassir Amiyo

Kibuyuni patrol team leader explaining how he uses the GPS.

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intelligent and elusive, they may not be that sophisticated in the marine conservation areas but they are becoming highly elusive.

The Kibuyuni and Vanga BMU’S started patrols within the surroundings of Tengefus, from which patrol reports are compiled showing: the date and time the patrol was conducted; the incidents that were observed; its location and

action taken; the persons involved in the patrol; and, recommendations for help in the definition of best management action. The BMUs have shown their commitment by using their members’ boats and volunteering their time for the patrols. EAWLS through its projects facilitates the scouts’ lunch allowance and fuel overheads. Changing times call for adaptive measures, a big hurray to the digital era.


Advancing effective stakeholder participation and understanding to address county natural resources degradation

By Jackson Bambo- Kenya Forests Working Group

Coastal Kenya is particularly vulnerable to environmental disasters, the effects of

climate change and variability, as its economy is highly dependent on natural resources. Nevertheless, the alarming rates of deforestation and environmental degradation in the coastal counties must be addressed for meaningful development to be realized.

In order to address this, the Kenya Forests Working Group in partnership with Kenya Coastal Forest Conservation Forum organized a one day county level sensitization workshop on 20th February 2014 in order to provide opportunities for county representatives and communities to dialogue, share information on REDD+, forest certification and governance in natural resources management. The aim was to enhance the protection of the coastal counties forest resources whilst generating revenue from these resources, which can be used to promote development

and reduce poverty levels in every county. The sensitization workshop brought together County Government representatives, communities and other stakeholders from 6 counties in coastal Kenya. The workshop was also aimed at increasing understanding of the

Miss Arafa Baya, CEC Kilifi County addressing the participants.

KCFCF Chairman, Mr Mathew Nyoike during the welcome remarks.

County Government representatives, communities and other stakeholders on coastal forests management, policy development under devolved governance and to lay the technical and policy foundations for better natural resource governance in the region. The workshop brought together stakeholders from Lamu, Kilifi, Mombasa, Tana River, and Kwale counties to discuss salient issues affecting coastal forests. A key output was enhanced understanding on coastal forest issues to be addressed by respective County Governments and to encourage stakeholders to effectively participate in forest governance and the implementation of the same at county level. The workshop was supported through funds received from World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).


Nigel Hunter was a member of the Technical Committee set up by the then Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife to draft the ‘Wildlife Bill’. The Wildlife Conservation and Management Act 2013 was approved by parliament and consented to by the President in December 2013. The Act came into force on 10th January 2014. What reforms and

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The Comparative Analysis of County Forest cover and Catchment Land Report

released in 2013 by Kenya Water Towers Agency (KWTA) ranked Homabay County lowly at 2.59%, this is far below the recommended 10% forest cover. This underlines the necessity of the County government and relevant stakeholders to put more efforts in improving the forest cover in the county as they contribute significantly in maintaining healthy environment and ecosystems. Towards attaining 10% forest cover is the drive by the Kenya Forest Service. This is aimed at improving the country’s forested areas.

Wire forest is one of the gazetted forest blocks in Homabay County, and just like many other forests in Kenya, the forest has experienced serious destruction through human encroachment and illegal harvesting of plantations as a larger percentage of the forest is covered by plantation forest with over mature trees.

In the last five years, the Kenya Forests Working Group (KFWG) has partnered with Comitato Europeo per la Formazione e l’Agricoltura (CEFA), an Italian NGO with support from the European Union to implement the “Wire Hills Forest Conservation

and Sustainable Management Project”. The project which came to an end in March 2014 has made key achievements in ensuring Wire forest is restored.

Participatory conservation approaches was used in the restoration of Wire forest and the local Community Forest Associations (CFA) played a very important role; providing alternatives to the community in establishing more Income Generating Activities (IGAs). Beekeeping is one of the success stories of the project as more members have been engaged in the process and this also is giving mileage in improving the local livelihoods in the adjacent communities and saw the establishment of a CFA honey refinery. Again another non-consumptive IGA has proven to be successful in form of bamboo enterprise. Production of crafts from bamboo has been stable and local consumption is on the high.

Wire CFA has established a tree nursery in collaboration with KFS and this has contributed significantly in rehabilitation of degraded parts of the forest. Local

HILLS OF HOPEBy Gerard Ngumbi - KFWG

community members have adopted planting of grafted mango trees which are contributing towards improved food security and income generation in the area as well. Sales of improved jikos has been embraced by the community members and this will go far in reducing the demand of wood products from the forest hence key to its conservation.

Wire Hills Forest Conservation and Sustainable Management project main goal was to ensure development of a Participatory Forest Management Plan for Wire forest; and this was achieved with a comprehensive document developed and launched in September 2013. Key strides have been made already with a Forest Local Management Committee already established to oversee the implementation of the plan in collaboration with other stakeholders.

Sustainability beyond the project end is critical in ensuring continued success and efforts in conserving the important forest. To this end a new CFA office was opened in March 2014 and also a revolving fund worth over Ksh.300, 000 launched and this will contribute towards supporting the IGAs.

KFWG Coordinator, Wire forester and WIFOMA CFA officials witness the signing of documents during hand over of the new CFA office.

Honey refining machine at the WIFOMA CFA refinery.


On 11th April, 2014, Inuka Foundation for Development in partnership with Kenya

Forests Working Group (KFWG) hosted a tree planting event as part of its contribution towards the national 50 million tree campaign at Embulbul primary school, Nairobi County.

This tree planting event was geared towards strengthening partnerships

in environmental conservation and management while encouraging the youth to continue engaging actively in environmental initiatives. 1,500 tree seedlings were planted and the school rolled out a maintenance schedule where each pupil was tasked to care for the seedlings to ensure they grow to maturity. As we look forward to the 5th Mazingira

By Lucy Njuguna - KFWG

National Oil Corpoartion of Kenya team during the tree planting.

Peter Muigai (WWF) and Lucy Njuguna (KFWG) planting a tree.

Naftal Nyabuto of Inuka Foundation for Development planting a tree with some pupils.

Challenge this year; which brings together students from institutions of higher learning country wide, the head of corporate, NOCK urges us to continue working together as we seek to achieve environmental stability.

Inuka Foundation for Development and KFWG would like to give special thanks to National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK) for financial support, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Wildlife Clubs of Kenya (WCK), Kenya Forest Service (KFS) and Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and to all those who participated in this event.

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