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The Wildlife Works/Verde Ventures Kasigau Reforestation Project

Grantee Name: Wildlife Works EPZ

Hotspot
Eastern Afromontane, Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa
Location
Kenya
Amount
$18,154
Dates
Aug 2006 – Apr 2010
Keywords
Livelihoods, Logging, Reforestation, Restoration

Reduce the pressure on the montane forest of Mt Kasigau through a reforestation program on the surrounding lowlands. Activities include empowering and involving communities in propagating indigenous tree species and replanting areas seriously denuded by uncontrolled charcoal burning and logging for domestic timber usage, as well as restoring depleted hardwood tree species to improve soil conservation and water catchments in the area.

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