Community|led reforestation of Mount Elgon Water Tower

Mt. Elgon Ecosystem (Kenya) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

Critical Water Tower Function: Mount Elgon serves as one of the five crucial water towers in Kenya. It plays a vital role in the hydrological cycle, acting ...

Collaborative Conservation in Action Tracking the First Elephants in ...

Mount Elgon rests on the Kenya-Uganda border northwest of the Greater ... An alpine montane forest, it's not only a critical water tower ...

Mount Elgon Forestry Resources and Institutions Monitoring Program

Community-Led Activities · Active Working Groups · Mountain ... It is not only an important biodiversity hotspot but also a major water tower ...

LAUNCH OF MT. ELGON FOREST PROJECT... - Kenya Forest Service

Elgon Ecosystem Project that will transform one of the country's key water towers through restoration of Mt. ... community interventions. These will ...

Kenya's Water Towers Protection and Climate Change Mitigation ...

contributed to forest loss (Russel, 2012). Mount Elgon forest holds a high percentage of forest resources, crucial to local community' livelihoods (van ...

MT ELGON STAKEHOLDERS FORUM

Large extinct volcano that straddles Eastern Uganda and Western. Kenya. ▫7th highest Mountain in Africa rising to 4,320 metres. ▫An important water tower that ...

Findings and recommendations from the Kenya Water Towers ...

... Community members take part in ranking ecosystem benefits derived from the Mt. Elgon water tower. CIFOR Photo/David Langat. Findings ...

'We are our land'—Ogiek of Mount Elgon, Kenya: securing ...

... water towers and bear the responsibility for the ... The 2016 Forest Conservation and Management Act recognizes that community forest ...

Kenya - Scaling-up Mountain Ecosystem-based Adaptation - IUCN

Elgon is one of five major water towers in Kenya, and its forests ... The problem addressed is the lack of water which affects the community as ...

Mt. Elgon Transboundary Ecosystem (Uganda)

Critical Water Tower Function: Mount Elgon serves as one of the five crucial water towers in Kenya. It plays a vital role in the hydrological cycle, acting ...

Integrated Landscape Management for conservation and restoration ...

The project will focus on the Mt. Elgon landscape, one of Kenya's five key water towers, a biodiversity hotspot that provides a wealth of ...

Location of Mau complex, Cherangany hills and Mt Elgon ...

Deforestation in Mount Kenya, Aberdare Forest, Mount Elgon, and Cherangani water towers has led to a decline in rainfall amounts (e.g., less cloud water ...

Understanding Ecosystem-Based Adaptation to Climate in Kenya's ...

Mount Elgon Forest Ecosystem is one of Kenya's five major water towers and the second highest mountain in the country. ... Elgon community is ...

Mount Elgon Foundation

Furthermore the mountain is a critical regional water tower, feeding many rivers – including the Nile – on which millions of people depend. Present day ...

MOUNT ELGON NATIONAL PARK (MENP) - Uganda Wildlife Authority

... MOUNT ELGON NATIONAL PARK (MENP) - Man and Biosphere Reserve (MAB) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (GMP). VII a. 4.3. STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA 3: COMMUNITY CONSERVATION ...

ECOSYSTEM BASED ADAPTATION IN MOUNTAIN ELGON ...

Elgon to the lowlands, making the mountain truly a water tower of the region ... Elgon ecosystem has led to water turbidity in some locations rendering ...

Radio talk show on the Water Towers: Project findings in Mt. Elgon ...

... forest and water governance. The radio talk show involved three resource persons-Sylvia Rotich (CIFOR intern), Geoffrey Chestit (Chairman, Cheptais Community ...

Saving Mt. Elgon and Cherangani Water Towers - Talk Africa

When is it commencing,I love that. samson mutuba September 14, 2016 at 7:13 pm. community participation should be put into consideration ...

Kenya Water Towers Mt. Elgon Land Use Land Cover - Datasets

Kenya Water Towers Mt. Elgon Land Use Land Cover. Over the past three decades, large areas of gazetted forest reserves have been deforested and ...

BIODIVERSITY STATUS OF MOUNT ELGON FOREST EOSYSTEM

Mount Elgon Forest Ecosystem is one of Kenya's five major water towers and the second ... forest reserve and indigenous forest dwelling community areas ...