There are 425 projects that match your search.
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2012
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40,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP5/FSP/BD/12/019 |
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Mt. Kenya East Environmental Conservation Association is located within Chuka Forest Station. The CFA started in 2005 as a beekeepers user group and registered with the Attorney General in 2006 as a CFA and mandated to co-manage Chuka forest jointly ( ... )
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The CFA currently has a total membership of 3,000 disaggregated as 1210 males 1790 females. The members are drawn from 8 user groups/networks namely: i) Gatua Network; ii) Mitheru Network; iii) Kiangondu Network; iv) Kirege Network; v) Karamani Network; vi) Thuita Network; vii) Njuri Network; and viii) Nthambo Network.
Since its registration, the CFA has planted over 400,000 indigenous
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2012
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3,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP5/FSP/PLN/12/01 |
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The Fish farming Self Help Group is based in Lamu district and engages in mangrove conservation as well as fishery manangement.It emerged the overall winner under the community category of the Nature Challenge Initiative,an environmental awards ( ... )
organized and hosted by WWF and NETfund The GEF Small Grants Programme awarded the group a planning grant to enable them to conduct a baseline assessement as well as develop and submit fully fledged proposal for
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2012
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50,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP5/FSP/BD/12/010 |
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Institute for culture and Ecology (ICE) is a national indigenous non-governmental organization started in 2006, and registered by the Non-Governmental Organizations Board (Reg. OP.218/051/2006/0218/4221). ICE is committed to buttressing traditional ( ... )
dge in community-based environmental and resource management initiatives and facilitating culture-based learning that would lead to social and ecological well-being of the earth community.
The specific objective and results of the project is as follows:
Primary objectives
• To initiate a process of recognition of Kathita River as a sacred river under UNESCO’s Intangible
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Kenya
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2012
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48,157.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP5/FSP/CC/12/08 |
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Mutunguru United Micro Hydro Project (MUMHP) stands as a success case of community power generation where involvement of local actors has helped rural community access to affordable modern energy services and explores potential to benefit from the ( ... )
n Tariff (FiT) policy. The community set up a Community Based Organisation (CBO) in 2004 to enable them access resources and build their capacity to generate power for domestic and productive use. In 2008 with support from the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and Rural Electrification Authority (REA), MUMHP established a 35Kw generation unit as an initial phase.
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2012
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34,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP5/FSP/BD/12/06 |
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The agro forestry project is designed to target directly over 2,000 of
rural women of Maara District of Tharaka/Nithi County through women
groups that form the network of Mujira Women’s Group. The project
will be a catalyst and the vehicle for ( ... )
stainable and far reaching
programmes in environment, conservation of forest ecosystems and
agri- business that will transform and protect the environment terrain
while ensuring food security for hundreds of thousands, within the
District as well as become a bread basket for the province and the
Country as a whole.
The proposed project will be started on a pilot basis in Iruma,
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Kenya
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2012
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50,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP5/FSP/BD/12/014 |
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2012
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50,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP5/FSP/BD/12/014 |
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Kenya Forests Working Group (EAWLS) will manage this proposal, whose goal is a responsive Forests Act developed through a consultative process, with adequate stakeholder input, spurring growth of the forest sector shall be implemented over a 14 ( ... )
period by KFWG, with KFS, and the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife as partners. The purpose is to deliver a sound Forests Act by facilitating an inclusive and negotiation - based review process. The project has three objectives; Catalyze the general public’s interest and informed participation at national level in the review of the Forests Act 2005 through a sensitization campaign; increased
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2012
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43,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP5/FSP/BD/12/024 |
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Mombasa has about 3,000 ha of Peri-urban mangrove forests found within Tudor and Mwache creek. However, in the past 20 years mangrove forest cover has declined drastically to the current estimated cover of about 1, 232 ha.
The mangrove forest ( ... )
considerable anthropogenic pressure including encroachment, clear cutting, pollution through oil spills and raw sewerage disposal.
Taking advantage of the recent policy and legislative changes that allow collaboration between the government of Kenya and forest communities to manage forests, concerned communities within and around the Mombasa Peri-urban mangrove forest formed the Mombasa
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Kenya
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2012
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49,054.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP5/FSP/CC/12/01 |
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The KANTUKA Dairy Farmers’ Initiative is a community based organization (CBO) based on the Western side of Mt. Kenya, bringing together dairy farmers in the sub-locations of Katheri, Nturukuma and Kangaita. The group’s main focus is to enhance ( ... )
farming through zero grazing practices and to advocate for pro-poor development, ecological conservation and sustainable livelihood for all community members in the region. With the effects of climate change reaching unprecedented levels, stunningly degraded natural resources, droughts and unremitting loss of livelihoods. The organization has developed this proposal in an effort to enhance
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2012
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36,833.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP5/FSP/BD/12/015 |
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Wasini BMU Co-management area in one of the biodiversity hotspot in Kenya with high diversity of corals, fish species and seagrass beds. There are over 64 coral genera recorded within its waters in addition to over 250 species of fish and 5 species ( ... )
les. The resources however face various threats which include overexploitation, resource use conflicts, and limited awareness among local community members of applicable national laws and policies and climate change.
The proposed project seeks to support the Wasini BMU through focused capacity building of the Wasini BMU Executive and Technical committee, targeted awareness programs of the
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Kenya
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2011
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9,000.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: KEN/COMPACT/OP4/YR3/RAF/10/03 |
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The NGo will coordinate participation of members of the Nanyuki disabled persons association in all project activities. These will include the construction of a workshops that will utilize renewable energy and development of a business centre for ( ... )
tourism
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Kenya
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2010
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33,933.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP4/YR3/RAF/10/02 |
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In line with the Millennium Development Goals and the fight against Global warming, there is need to create emphasis on worldwide environmental awareness and act on it as well. COHEDA takes pleasure in requesting support for animal/human waste ( ... )
digesters as an alternative source of fuel in kitchens of schools that are in Arid and Semi Arid (ASAL) areas of Baringo, Koibatek and the South Rift. It is conservatively estimated to prevent the emission of about 700 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year to the atmosphere from desirable fuel switch and avoided deforestation. This will protect the local environment and global atmosphere as a whole
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Kenya
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2010
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39,265.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: KEN/COMPACT/OP4/YR3/RAF/09/06 |
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The project aims to reduce the amount of fuel wood used by households and at schools in three settlement areas that border the Mt. Kenya Forest through the introduction of energy-efficient stoves. This will reduce the strain on the forest and ( ... )
e an alternative source of income as the project participants will also be able to access carbon credit markets through their use of the energy efficient stoves, tree nursery enterprises, and tree planting activities.
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Kenya
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Land Degradation
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2010
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35,000.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP4/YR3/CORE/09/04 |
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Extreme poverty in Ganze has exacerbated land degradation in the area as many community members cannot afford agricultural inputs and better breeds of animals for better land management. Excessive grazing by goats, soil erosion, low soil ( ... )
ity, low quality manures have led to very poor crop and livestock yields plunging many families into the poverty trap. There is also inadequate knowledge and information on appropriate conservation agricultural technologies that can be integrated with good livestock management to reduce land degradation. Though farmers keep goats, they do not effectively utilize the manure which goes into waste.
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
Climate Change Mitigation
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2010
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45,000.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: KEN/COMPACT/OP4/YR3/RAF/10/02 |
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The CBO will mobilize the community to participate in project implementation and capacity building activities. The activities will include rabbit rearing and goat keeping, renewable energy through installation of rocket jikos and gasifier stockes ( ... )
arcoal briquette making.
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Kenya
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2010
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45,467.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP4/YR3/RAF/10/01 |
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The NGO will mobilize relevant stakeholders from civil society organizations, goverment agencies and private sector institutions that are involved in Ecotourism or biodiversity conservation for training, data collection, documentaries and ( ... )
ations aimed at promoting and strengthening ecotourism in
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
CapDev
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2010
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45,467.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP4/YR3/RAF/10/01 |
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The business of tourism has changed dramatically during the last decade. There is now emphasis on links with communities, interpretation and environmental concern in operations. This trend has necessitated a conscious effort by tourism businesses to ( ... )
performance towards best practice by investing in conservation of the environment and supporting local economies in the areas in which they operate. Similarly, there has been deliberate effort by civil society organisations and NGOs to work with local communities to build their capacity to participate in and meet the challenges of this new trend in tourism. Governments are committing to provide
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
Climate Change Mitigation
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2010
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50,000.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: KEN/COMPACT/OP4/YR3/RAF/10/01 |
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The NGO will mobilize the community to participate in project implementation and capacity building. They will partner with two conservancies in maintaining inventories of fauna and identifying potential threats to the same in the communal lands. ( ... )
oject will train teachers and environmental education officers at nearby conservancies to educate students and visitors to the conservancies regarding the endangered fauna species, human-wildlife conflicts, renewable energy, and environmental conservation. Brochures and posters will also be designed, produced, and distributed as part of the project.
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Kenya
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2010
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37,983.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP4/YR3/CORE/10/01 |
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The NGO will work closely with Kenya Forest Service in setting up Participatory Forest Management (PFM), CFAs and facilitate registration, elections of committee. They will also support the production of education and awareness creation materials ( ... )
ovide technical support to the local PFM planning
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2010
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37,983.00
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Phase 4
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP4/YR3/CORE/10/01 |
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The proposed project is driven by the need to sustainably manage the marine and coastal resources found within Vanga and related biodiversity which are important from an eco-logical, socio- economic and physiological perspective. The area hosts the ( ... )
t tracts of mangrove forests in South Coast. This important resource however faces various threats which include but not limited to clear cutting of mangrove, poor agricultural practices, resource use conflicts and limited awareness among the local community members of applicable national laws and policies on participatory natural resource management.
The expected project results are; i)
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