Tag: biodiversity management
ANNEX VI Interim narrative report Tana Kipini Laga Badana Bush-Bush land and seascapes (4th November 2015 – 4th November 2016)
Land Use Planning, Cross Border Stakeholder Dialogue Platform and Trans Boundary Steering Committee. Meetings Report
This report describes a series of meetings which were organized by World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). The first meeting on Land Use Planning (LUP) was aimed at gathering key national, project site level stakeholders on LUP and network on current initiatives on LUP to ensure that biodiversity conservation is mainstreamed to the Lamu spatial plan. The second meeting was on Cross Border Steering Dialogue Platform (CBSDP) aimed at fostering dialogue on cross border biodiversity management and conservation issues between Somali and Kenyan stakeholders in the BMP cross border pilot area and the third meeting on Trans Boundary Steering Committee was organized to establish a committee to monitor progress in the pilot areas.
Honey Value Chain Apiary sites Validation Missions
Validation of site Suitability for Honey Bees based on Sustainability of Pollination Services with a vision to creating a Land-cover type with abundant supplies of poly-floral and nutritious pollen known to positively influence honey bee health through improved immune system function and Within the context of developing sustainable management paradigms for that landscape emphasizing on short-range foraging by the honey bees.
Proceedings of a Workshop on the development of a curriculum guide on Cross Border Biodiversity
This workshop was a collaborative effort between The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and the African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources education (ANAFE). It was conceptualized as an important component of a research and development project on cross-border biodiversity supported by The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) through a European Union grant, to study the challenges of managing biodiversity in the border area between Kenya and Somalia.
Report of the cross border study tour to northern rangelands trust conservancies-Isiolo-Kenya
Community Mobilization and Awareness Creation on Natural Resource Management in Laga Badana Bush Bushel Intervention Sites, Ras Kamboni- Jubbaland, Somalia
This study was facilitated by World Agroforestry Centre-ICRAF managing Tana-Kipini-Laga Badana Bush Bushle Land and Seascape project funded by IGAD-EU BMP program. The main objective of the baseline study was to conduct rapid assessment on level of Natural Resource Management in Ras Kamboni.
Rainwater harvesting for enhanced biodiversity management. Tangeni Community- Based Runoff Pond System, a case study
The biodiversity of the original coastal forest belt is preserved in a number of protected areas. Witu Forest Reserve in the south is drastically decreasing in size owing to immigrants illegally settling along its buffer zones and gradually encroaching into the forests for livelihood support that include timber, traditional medicine fuel wood and charcoal burning. The forests in and around Boni and Dondori National reserves has also been shrinking in size due human settlements who engage in slash and burn agriculture.