Photo: P. Usher / UNEP
TRI’s project in the Tana Delta, Kenya is working to strengthen integrated natural resource management and restoration of degraded landscapes in the Tana Delta, and systemically scale up best practices and lessons learned to other priority landscapes in Kenya.
Over the past decade, conflicts have been increasing in the Tana Delta over access to natural resources. A growing population and the lack of a framework to guide development and management of this fragile ecosystem have been the principle challenges. The Tana River Delta land-use plan, developed by villagers and local authorities in 2014 with help from Nature Kenya and other partners, is a major breakthrough towards sustainable development and management of the delta.
TRI’s project in Kenya builds on this plan and is developing value chains and encouraging private sector investment to support local livelihoods, while promoting adoption of participatory forest management approaches for sustainable forest management, supporting the application of emerging methodologies for evidence-based decision-making on restoration and advising on policies and strategies to sustainably manage the delta.
Photo: IUCN
News and Updates
- Enabling environment for FLR and non-timber forest products and services in Kenya
- Making digital technology and satellite imagery in land use assessment more accessible towards FLR
- Balancing climate, conflict and community in Kenya
- Major restoration initiative for Tana River Delta
- Tana River Delta forest restoration begins
- UN donates Sh4b for Tana Delta ecosystem restoration
- Tana River county, The Nature Kenya and The Global Environment launch Forest conservation project
