UPDATE ON KENYA Conservation through wealth creation

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UPDATE ON KENYAConservation through wealth
creation
Africa Conservation Trust
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Update on conservation activities in Kenya

• Magadi Area
• The first area in Magadi was found to be
  unsuitable for our process because there were no
  easily developed dam sites, and geotechnical
  indications were that if we sank a borehole in
  this area the water would have a very high soda
  content, so we have been looking for a more
  favorable location in this Magadi area.

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First location in Magadi
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Second Location, Magadi Area

• The second location in the Magadi area is on the
  Uaso Nyiro River, near the Shompoli Conservation
  Area, and being on the river which never dries
  up, will be an ideal location for a tree nursery,
  demonstration area and community training
  facility .
• The engagement has begun with the CBO in this
  area, and we have employed a representative from
  this community to move the process forwards
  towards a start up date in the last quarter of
  2007. The proximity of water will enable this
  project to be of a much greater magnitude than
  possible in the first location.

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Second Location ,Magadi Area
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Eastern Aberdares, Kandara

• We moved our operations to the Eastern Aberdares,
  from Gatamayu in the south, to Kandara at the
  request of the Tana and Athi River Development
  Authority, because it is the catchments area for
  the Tana and Athi Rivers, two of Kenyas largest
  rivers, and source of all our hydro power,
  therefore a very important location for us to
  attend to as a matter of priority.

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Engaging with the Kandara community
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Choosing a location for the nursery in Kandara
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Kandara nursery 5 months later with many
thousands of trees
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Tree seedlings in the germination house in Kandara
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Lake Victoria
We have a project location identified on the
shores of Lake Victoria, where rivers have dried
up as a result of deforestation, resulting in the
lake level dropping 1,5 meters in the last
decade. It is intended to start a regional
intervention from this location that would
involve Tanzania and Uganda.
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Consequences of deforestation and over grazing
Gulley erosion around the lake as a result of
environmental degradation is becoming more
frequent and increasingly damaging, as seen in
this photograph taken in the Homa Bay area. Our
nitrogen fixing trees are perfectly suited to
restoring and stabilizing degraded soils .
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Tana River area survey by air and ground
Intrusion of people into virgin forest areas near
the delta area of the Tana River, practicing
destructive slash and burn agriculture
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On the ground north of Garsen, Tana River
Secondary bush and no grazing were evident for
many miles between Garsen and Hola.
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Residents of the lower Tana
The Pokomo and Orma people of this region live in
classic bee hive huts, and have suffered
considerably from the devastating drought of
2005.
Our village transformation scheme would give them
valuable resources to survive the effects of
Global climate change.
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Carbon credit assessment

• We are actively assessing our carbon credit
  generation potential, both for communities and
  for commercial forestry, to enhance Africas
  potential to be one of the worlds largest carbon
  sinks.
• This year, 2007, will see the expansion of the
  Trusts activities into new areas with new
  communities.

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In conclusion

• The Africa Conservation Trust is perfectly placed
  in terms of the right programs at the right time
  to generate sustainable rural development from
  conservation through wealth creation.
• Please visit our website
• www.africaconservationtrust.org
• For more information and detail.