Cherangany Forest Ecosystems

Restoration and Sustainable Management of
Cherangany Forest Ecosystems for Climate Change Resilience and Improved Livelihoods.

 Project Title:

Project Description 

The project targets to
enhance the ecosystem health and climate resilience of the Cherangany Forest
Ecosystem for improved ecosystem services and community livelihoods. The focus
will be on five broad intervention areas including; restoration of degraded
ecosystems, sustainable land management practices, community livelihoods and
nature-based enterprises, protection of forests and water towers as well as
strengthening policies and governance structures.
The goal of the project
is “to sustainably restore and ensure sustainable management of the
Cherangany Forest Ecosystems for climate change resilience and improved
livelihoods.” The project is aligned,
and contributes to the UN Sustainable Goals No. 1, 9, 13, 15. It is also
aligned to the priority sectors of the key MEAs; UNCCD, UNFCCC and Biological
Diversity. Further, the project supports achievement of the National Agenda
such as Vision 2030 and the National Tree Growing and Restoration Programme to
increasing Kenya’s tree cover to 30% by 2032. 

QUICK FACTS

Project
Donor 

Italian Agency for Development Cooperation

Budget
Euros
4 million

Thematic Area

Forests, Land and Nature
(Ecosystems)

Project Duration
3 Years

project outcomes

Community
livelihoods and adaptive capacity improved with women, youth and persons with
disabilities benefiting through increased access to jobs and income generating
opportunities;

Cherangany
Forest Ecosystem restored and conserved with communities able to receive
benefits from resources mobilized by the project;

Sustainable
financing mechanism established and resources mobilized from public and private
sources 

Institutions and Communities adaptive capacity and resilience to impacts of climate
disasters improved.

PROJECT PARTNERS