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KENYA 2021. Restoration of arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) of Kenya through bio-enterprise development and other incentives under The Restoration Initiative (TRI)

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KENYA 2021. Restoration of arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) of Kenya through bio-enterprise development and other incentives under The Restoration Initiative (TRI)

10 August 2021, Arjiju, Laikipia County, Kenya - Kenyan beekeeper Nicholas Kodei walks towards his home after checking some beehives in the Mukogodo Forest. Honey harvesting has been a traditional activity during generations for the people from Mukogodo, nowadays the community have installed beehives in the forest and developed a modern, more efficient approach to the bee keeping activities.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations with the Government of Kenya has secured financial resources under the Global Environment Facility to implement the restoration of arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya through a bio-enterprise development project.
The project being implemented in the wider Mukugodo forest landscape in Isiolo and Laikipia Counties, which have high biodiversity, wildlife and touristic interest intends to restore deforested and degraded lands through the 'Forest Landscape Restoration' approach and enhance the socioeconomic development of local communities through the development of bio-enterprises of Non-Timber Forest Products and Services.

08/10/2021

Project ID GCP/KEN/090/GFF

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