MainDB: Kikuyu Escarpment Forest
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Kikuyu Escarpment Forest
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National/public entity; Non-governmental organization (NGO); Research institution
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Africa
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Agroforestry is often considered more acceptable to communities than large scale reforestation, because traditional agricultural commodities can continue to be produced through modification of existing farming practices.
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Through activities to increase community awareness, and training and support to develop more diverse strategies for coping with periods of drought, the communities considered alternative livelihood options including agroforestry, crop diversification, eco-agricultural practices such as bee-keeping, grazing management, and keeping livestock that is better adapted to the harsher climate.
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Adaptation planning and practices
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Agriculture; Ecosystems; Ecosystem-based adaptation
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Drought
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Kenya
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EbA
Description:
Kenya’s Kikuyu Escarpment Forest in the country’s central highlands provides water, fuelwood, herbal medicine, and building materials for more than 200,000 local people. The impacts of climate change are already being felt including through recent extended dry periods, resulting in reduced crop yields. An increase in unsustainable activities, such as illegal timber harvesting, overgrazing, and charcoal burning, is thought to be a direct result of reduced crop yields. This has serious consequences, including resource conflicts between communities linked to reduced water levels. The project set out to prevent further forest loss and associated degradation of the services provided by the forest, by helping communities to diversify their livelihoods and in parallel, reducing their vulnerability to climate change.
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Further information:
BirdLife International, Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kikuyu Escarpment forest.
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kikuyu-escarpment-forest-iba-kenya
http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sowb/casestudy/281
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Birdlife International
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Kenya Forest Service
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Residents have embraced sustainable activities that conserve and create diverse ecosystems, and, in turn, improve water conservation and filtration. The forest is also easily accessible from Nairobi and has excellent potential for ecotourism.
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Birdlife 2009 Partners with Nature: How healthy ecosystems are helping the world’s most vulnerable adapt to climate change. Netherlands: Birdlife.
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Created at 21/04/2016 10:38 by Roberto Felix
Last modified at 10/05/2022 21:32 by Nicholas Hamp-Adams
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