Enhanced sustainability of Arabuko-Sokoke forest through Improved Natural Resources Management by and for Stakeholders

2003-2006

Ÿ Consolidating existing IGAs like Eco-Tourism, Butterfly farming and Bee keeping.

Ÿ Facilitating the completion of the PFM piloting, scaling up and starting a monitoring system.

Ÿ Building CBOs capacity in organization and advocacy.

Ÿ Initiated Aloe vera farming as a new IGA.

Ÿ Expanded PFM to cover two more sites in ASF.

Nature Kenya

MoU secretariat at Ministry headquarters composed of KFS, KWS, KEFRI, NMK and USAID representative

Developing Incentives for Community Participation in Forest Conservation Through the Use of Commercial Insects in Kenya8

2004-2008

Ÿ Awareness on PFM.

Ÿ Supported beekeeping and sericulture as IGAs.

Ÿ Expanded PFM to cover two more sites in ASF.

Ÿ Capacity building of communities.

International center for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE)

KFS, NMK

People and Sustainable Development: Investing in Education, and Social and Economic Empowerment to conserve globally threatened biodiversity in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya9

2004-2008

Ÿ Improving household livelihood so that children live a better life through better farming methods and the use of NTFPs.

Ÿ Provision of water.

Ÿ Beekeeping.

Ÿ Initiated Farmer Field Schools (FFS).

NK and NABU

Arabuko Sokoke Landscape Project10

2012-2015

Ÿ Improving household livelihood.

Ÿ Awareness on PFM.

Ÿ Capacity building of local communities.

Ÿ Elephant fence construction.

ASFADA and ASFMT

Strengthening Community Capacity to adapt to Climate Change11

2014-2015

Ÿ Planting of drought-resilient crops.

Ÿ Establishment of tree nurseries.

Ÿ Poultry keeping.

Ÿ Capacity building of FFS.

ASFADA and ASFMT

Capacity building of Forest Adjacent Communities, Kenya12

2015-2017

Ÿ Capacity building of local communities.

Ÿ Enhancing the effectiveness of CFA.

Nature Kenya