Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Agroforestry Activities around Arabuko Sokoke

Grantee Name: Mabuwani Women Group

Hotspot: Eastern Afromontane, Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa
Location: Kenya
Amount: $10,300
Dates: Jun 2005 – Dec 2006
Keywords: Agroforestry, Community-based conservation, Gender, Livelihoods

Scale up agroforestry practices of this community-based organization through increased propagation and planting of indigenous and commercial species that have important cultural and economic uses, reducing the pressure on the natural resources on the 41,600-hectare Arabuko Sokoke coastal forest, the largest remaining fragment of coastal forest in East Africa.

Strategic Direction :

1 Increase the ability of local populations to benefit from and contribute to biodiversity conservation, especially in and around Lower Tana River Forests; Taita Hills; East Usambaras/Tanga; Udzungwas; and Jozani Forest

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Agroforestry Activities around Arabuko Sokoke

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