Empowering Communitires in Lake Bogoria Production Landscape to enhance the overall effectiveness in the management and conservation of the Lake Bogoria National Reserve, through inclusive and consensus building.
Lake Bogoria National Reserve (LBNR), is known nationally, regionally, and locally for important wildlife species, including the flamingo and the greater kudu. The Reserve has unique physiographic features and geothermal manifestations due to its geological history. The combination of landforms, biodiversity content, availability of water and forage makes this site important at community, national and global levels. It was designated as a National Reserve in 1974. In 2002 it was listed as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention (WWF, 2005). Revenue from tourism related activities and other natural resources in the Reserve continue playing an important role in the socio-economic development of the area. Despite LBNR being a wetland of international importance it is currently at risk from environmental degradation arising from unsustainable resource exploitation and ecologically negative catchment-wide processes. The root causes of these problems are poverty, poor land use, overstocking, weak traditional management approach and unsustainable farming systems witnessed within its catchment (WWF, 1995). In addition, perceived lack of benefits by people living adjacent to the National Reserve continues triggering a community-reserve authority conflict over the sharing of revenues. In response to this, a strategic intervention was initiated to mitigate the catchment wide environmental problems and also resolve emerging resource use conflicts amongst stakeholders. The Integrated Management Plan (IMP) approach to conservation was intended to promote sustainable livelihoods, create new socio-economic opportunities while harnessing existing ones, and safeguard the conservation of the National Reserve and its environs (County Council of Baringo, (CCB) County Council of Koibatek (CCK) and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), 2007). The plan is in its second phase of implementation. However, in spite of the implementation of the IMP for LBNR, conflicts over revenue and environmental degradation continue at unprecedented rates.
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Kenya Organic Agriculture Network (KOAN)
Country:
Kenya
Area Of Work:
CapDev
Grant Amount:
US$ 100,000.00
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 30,000.00
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 70,000.00
Project Number:
KEN/SGP/OP6/Y1/STAR/CD/2018/01
Status:
Project Terminated Before Completion
Project Characteristics and Results
Gender Focus
During the baseline assessment, a gender analysis on the gender relations and roles in the management of Lake Bogoria Natural Resources will be included where gender-based constraints, consequences, and opportunities will been identified; and a strategy developed to increase women?s abilities to participate in and benefit from the interventions. These will be included in the Adaptive management plan and monitoring tools.
Inovative Financial Mechanisms
Field visits, quarterly LBMF and Steering Committee Meetings, Project site visits by County officials, and advisory visits will provide platforms for sharing knowledge horizontally and efforts will be made to document best practices and what works. Development of information and communication materials, short videos and eco-fairs will also be useful in knowledge management
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SGP Country office contact
Ms. Nancy Chege
Phone:
(254-20) 7624473
Fax:
(254-20) 621076
Email:
Ms. Eunice Mwaura
Email:
Address
UNDP, P.O. Box 30218
Nairobi, 00100
Nairobi, 00100
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