There are 402 projects that match your search.
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Kenya
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International Waters
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2004
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28,703.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: KEN-GEF-04-020 |
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Situated on the Kenya Tanzania boundary in Taita Taveta district, the 30 sq km Lake Jipe is dying. The lake has lost about 50 % of its water mass within the last 10 years, due to siltation caused by destruction of the water catchment are and ( ... )
nds, proliferation of the typha weed, and diversion of fresh water recharge from river Lumi. The lake has increasing salinity, decreasing depth and biodiversity. Hippos and crocodiles have migrated upstream due to salinity. The lake is of global importance and the only place in the world where the fish Oreochromis jipe is found, and which is on the verge of extinction. In a joint effort to
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2004
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46,336.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: KEN/UNF-GEF/04/12 |
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The project endeavors to mobilize communities around 7 traditional sacred sites all situated around the Mt Kenya World Heritage Site to reclaim, demarcate and conserve them for posterity. This will also sustain their significance as important ( ... )
nial localities for the different communities when performing religious and traditional rituals.
Other activities include re-afforestation, gazetting of the sites and erecting signage and spreading publicity.
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Kenya
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Multifocal Area
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2004
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10,055.98
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Phase 2
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Project Number: KEN-GEF-04-018 |
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The GEF stakeholder workshop is held twice a year for participants drawn from the CBO and NGOs as part of capacity building in GEF/SGP thematic areas. The participants of the workshop were introduced by resource experts to the following thematic ( ... )
? Clarification of GEF/SGP focal areas (Biodiversity, Climate Change, International Waters and Land Degradation). An additional subject was Biodiversity related economic.
? Writing of proposals through practical exercise in working groups.
? Presenting the proposals to the plenary with following discussions.
? The GEF SGP Project monitoring was also discussed among the participants the
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Kenya
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Multifocal Area
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2004
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12,396.90
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Phase 2
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Project Number: KEN-GEF-04-010 |
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The GEF stakeholder workshop is held twice a year for participants drawn from the CBO and NGOs as part of capacity building in GEF/SGP thematic areas. The participants of the workshop were introduced by resource experts to the following thematic ( ... )
? Clarification of GEF/SGP focal areas (Biodiversity, Climate Change, International Waters and Land Degradation). An additional subject was Biodiversity related economic.
? Writing of proposals through practical exercise in working groups.
? Presenting the proposals to the plenary with following discussions.
? The GEF SGP Project monitoring was also discussed among the participants the
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Kenya
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Multifocal Area
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2004
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9,712.60
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Phase 2
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Project Number: KEN-CWI-04-01 |
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This project is implemented in co-operation with the Embassy of Japan. The Embassy is funding the hardware of the project (e.g. pipelines, buildings etc.) while UNDP GEF SGP is funding the software of the project (e.g. capacity building).
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t area is located between the Maili Tisa trading center and Namanga Town of Kajiado District. The area suffers from high incidences of water born diseases, especially during the wet season. However 85% of the total land is classified as arid, Kajiado District therefore faces severe water shortages. Shallow wells and water pans are always threatened by over utilization and poor maintenance. During
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Kenya
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Multifocal Area
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2004
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19,934.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: CWI-KEN-03-01 |
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The community of Maji Moto depend on spring water. To protect the overused springs from contamination by animals a windmill will be rehabilitated, leading the spring water to Maji Moto Town located 2 kms away from the springs.
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1.Rehabilitate the windmill and train community members on its maintenance
2.De-silt the water pan, fence the pan area and plant grass and trees
3.Train the community members on project management
4.Operationalize a management system for sustainability of the project
5. Rehabilitate the cattle dip, trough and storage tank
6. Install a demonstration drip irrigation kit in the
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Kenya
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2004
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47,349.10
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Phase 2
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Project Number: KEN-GEF-04-024 |
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DEPROTECS, a local NGO will install two wind driven pumps for irrigation using water from Lake Victoria. The project currently in its initial phase of implementation is the only one of its kind in Western Kenya. Supported by a grant from GEF SGP the ( ... )
will contribute to the self-sufficiency in food production and also serve as a replicable model for areas where rainfall is unpredictable but winds are strong.
The main activities will be:
(1) Mobilize farmers
(2) Procure pipes and fittings for irrigation layout
(3) Procure contract for construction of two water storage tanks, intake structure, sedimentation tank
(4) Supervise work,
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Kenya
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Multifocal Area
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2003
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50,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: KEN/UNF-GEF/02/07 |
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The COMPACT initiative works with communities who reside close to the World Heritage Site of Mt. Kenya. To promote the conservation campaign in the Mt. Kenya region, the organization Tree is Life, of the Nyahururu Catholic Diocese, will paint 60 ( ... )
in three towns around the northern side of Mt. Kenya. They will mobilize artists, invite them to a workshop to expound on COMPACT and its activities and build the capacity of the artists to paint environmental murals. The artists will then negotiate for good wall space in areas where there is high people traffic. The paintings will capture the theme of conservation, with the intended goal of
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2003
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3,500.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: KEN/UNF-GEF-PLN/02/2 |
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This planning grant will be implemented to support a baseline survey.
Burguret River water users plan to form a Water Users' Association. With funding from COMPACT, the Association will address the myriad issues that contribute to water conflicts ( ... )
eloping a water management plan for the catchment, promoting drip irrigation, and installing staff gauges along the river. This will provide a basis for self-regulation among the
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Kenya
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International Waters
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2003
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50,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-KEN-02-08 |
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The Egerton University turns out 500,000 liters of waste water daily. This project will involve the university community, the local community in the surrounding areas to construct a vegetation based wetland to treat 100,000 liters of the waste water ( ... )
e Egerton University. This project will assist in cleaning river Njoro, which is the main river that flows into lake Nakuru, A ramsar site of international importance. Polutting Lake Nakuru has greatly affected the biodivesity in lake Nakuru. This project will serve as an example for the community to ask other industrial companies and factories around Lake Nakuru to also clean up their waste
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Kenya
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Multifocal Area
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2003
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49,985.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: KEN UNF-GEF/03/03 |
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Banana cultivation and trade provides a major source of income and employment in many rural areas of Kenya. However the cultivation of bananas in Kenya is threatened by diseases, pests and other environmental pressures such as drought. Due to those ( ... )
s, the Institute of Biotechnology Research (IBR) developed tissue culture protocols for bananas 12 years ago and established a lab for en masse production of bananas with funding from the World Bank, Netherlands govt. and UNESCO. By using participatory approaches IBR established village nurseries and demonstration fields in the Mt. Kenya region and introduced TC banana technologies.
The
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Kenya
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Multifocal Area
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2003
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5,514.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: KEN/UNF-GEF/03/001 |
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The members of the COMPACT Local Consultative Board, and 15 COMPACT project grantess made a tour to all projects situated around the Mount Kenya World Heritage Site. The visit has twofold objectives. First, it is intended to provide the Compact ( ... )
es a platform for learning from each other through sharing projects? implementation experiences. Secondly the visit offers ample opportunity for project monitoring task by the LCB members. The activities of the NGO (NAREDA) include: logistics e.g. hiring transport and making hotel reservations, taking notes of discussions, compiling a report of the trip and disbursing it to
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Kenya
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Multifocal Area
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2003
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48,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: KEN-GEF-03-002 |
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The marine turtle in Kenya are under threat due to environmental stresses as well as their importance in meeting the socio-economic and socio-cultural requirements of Kenya?s costal communities. Local people are still exploiting sea turtles for ( ... )
eggs, shells and meat. In addition, turtle nesting beaches (rookeries) are being modified and/or being lost gradually to unplanned costal development and foraging habitats such as coral reefs and seagras beds are being destroyed by pollution, perennial sedimentation and unsustainable fishing. Many turtles are accidentally caught and drowned in fishing gear. The most widespread form of turtle
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Kenya
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2003
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5,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: KEN-GEF-03-004 |
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Kenya lies astride the equator and has great potential to use solar power for lighting, refrigeration and water heating. Only about 4% of the country?s 4.5 million rural households have some form of electricity. The UNDP GEF Small Grants Programme ( ... )
red a community project to demonstrate that grassroot communities living far from the grid can benefit from solar electricity, and in many cases are ready to use soft loans for this purpose. This project is a step towards popularizing solar energy in rural areas.
This project is part of the main funded one and was launched for the Coordination of activities with all consortia members and
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Kenya
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Multifocal Area
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2003
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20,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: CWI-KEN-03-02 |
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Water is hard to find in Ol Kinyei Location of Narok District. Families have to move in search of water during the dry season, remove children from schools, and men migrate to far away places with animals in search of water. There are no rivers or ( ... )
les. Natural springs are the only dependable sources of water. However, the springs are uncovered, and get contaminated by human and animal traffic. This project would help in protecting and de-capping 7 natural springs in the area.
Activities:
1. Undertake baseline data collection
2. Cap, protect and rehabilitate 7 springs
3. Plant indigenous trees and grass around the springs
4. Fence off
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2003
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26,435.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: KEN/UNF-GEF/03/02 |
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The introduction and repatriation of the Bongo Antelope around Mt. Kenya will be accompanied by a comprehensive education program carried out by WHWF to create awareness of Mt. Kenya as a Protected Area. Activities include: compilation of ( ... )
ture, booklets and posters on the Bongo, setting up of an Education Centre which offers nature walks, game drives and animal orphanage visits, outreach sessions within the community and in
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Kenya
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Multifocal Area
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2003
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20,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: KEN-CWI-03-03 |
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The area around the Lusi Community suffers very severe droughts in the months of September, October and November. Due to limited capacity, the traditional ponds dry up in this period and people get water from Lake Victoria about 5 km away. When it ( ... )
lly rains the people draw stagnating pool water that is contaminated. As a result of contaminated water people suffer from numerous intestinal diseases, people?s individual livelihoods decline because their cows produce less milk, their livestock are exposed to infectious diseases as they travel through other villages in search of water and they are not able to maintain home gardens for their
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2003
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32,171.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: KEN/UNF-GEF/04/04 |
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This project is intended to protect the forest resources of Mt. Kenya by changing the lifestyle of women groups and their families and to provide them with an alternative source of income and protein. For that purpose the Sagana Fish and Bee Keeping ( ... )
elf Help Group will:
- Construct eight fish ponds, each of them holding an average of 3,000 fingerlings
- Expand the existing tree nurseries and encourage members to raise indigenous tree seedlings in their own nurseries
- Construct a five strand solar powered electric fence to boost protection from intruders and wild animals
- Construct a 170 meter long stone wall tunnel for water
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Kenya
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Multifocal Area
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2003
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11,608.80
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-KEN-03-005 |
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The GEF stakeholder workshop is held twice a year for participants drawn from the CBO and NGOs as part of capacity building in GEF/SGP thematic areas.The participants of the workshop were introduced by resource experts to the following thematic ( ... )
? Clarification of GEF/SGP focal areas (Biodiversity, Climate Change, International Waters
and Land Degradation). An additional subject was Biodiversity related economic.
? Writing of proposals through practical exercise in working groups.
? Presenting the proposals to the plenary with following discussions.
? The GEF SGP Project monitoring was also discussed among
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2003
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3,800.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GEF-KEN-03-003 |
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Rusinga Island is Kenyas second largest island in Lake Victoria with an area of 43 sq km. The island was once covered with dense forest of indigenous trees which has been cleared for human settlement resulting in a tree cover of only 5-10%. The ( ... )
is characerized by ersoions and a loss of soil which is washed to the Lake Victoria. There is an urgent need for afforestation of the island both for fuelwood and other timber needs as well as for the protection of the soil and the general environment.
The Rusinga Island workshop was conducted to discuss the possibility for environmental intervention on the island. The 40 workshop
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