Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Bridging the Gap: Promoting the Integrity of Mt. Marsabit Forest Ecosystem through Community-Based Advocacy around Environment Safeguards, Kenya

Grantee Name: Saku Accountability Forum

Hotspot: Eastern Afromontane
Location: Kenya
Amount: $9,857
Dates: Aug 2015 – May 2016
Keywords: Awareness, Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Extractive industries, Habitat conservation and management, Networks, Ecosystem resilience

Improve knowledge and awareness on the framework for environmental safeguards for Kenya's Mt. Marsabit Forest Ecosystem Key Biodiversity Area (KBA); promote community-based monitoring of projects to assess compliance with relevant environmental safeguards; improve synergies and networks/partnerships for promotion of environmental safeguards in the KBA; and improve the implementation and enforcement of policies and laws relating to environmental safeguards.

Strategic Direction :

2 Improve the protection and management of the KBA network throughout the hotspot.

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Bridging the Gap: Promoting the Integrity of Mt. Marsabit Forest Ecosystem through Community-Based Advocacy around Environment Safeguards, Kenya

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