FLARAK

Forest
and Land Restoration Action for Kenya’s NDC (FLaRAK) Project
 

 Project Title:

Project Description

The project identifies the urgent need to design sustainable measures
to resolve systemic barriers that continue to hinder sustainable tree growing
and unmitigated ecosystem and land degradation. The project utilized a
four-prong strategy:

a. Strengthening forest governance,b.Enhancing production capacity and accessibility of certified and
quality seedlingsc.Piloting and scaling up appropriate technologies for tree growing; andd.Sensitizing and mobilizing the public to participate in tree growing
activities.
The project is aligned
and contributes to the National Program and ambitions to increase Kenya’s tree cover
to 30% by the year 2032.

NETFUND APPROACH

NETFUND
is one of the entities supporting the implementation of the project,
specifically 3 components, as follows; 
Build
capacity of women, youth, and Persons Living with Disabilities in the
production of quality seedlings as well as tree planting and growing
activities. 
Providing
for the active involvement of vulnerable and marginalized groups in the society
in the reafforestation and conservation efforts to be implemented.
Protection,
rehabilitation, and restoration of public forests and degraded landscapes.

PROJECT ACHIEVEMENT

Rehabilitated
250 ha in Kaptagat, 20 ha in Kakamega forest and 15 ha in Enoosupukia forest.
Enhanced
protection of Kakamega Forest through erection of a 15 km electric fence. 
10
community groups consisting of the most vulnerable (youth and women) supported
to establish apiaries and tree nurseries with a capacity of 100,000 seedlings
each in Suswa-Magadi and Kakamega ecosystems respectively.  5 groups
supported with 50 beehives each. 
Empowered
1,348 farmers in Kaptagat ecosystem through distribution of avocado seedlings 
Supported
Penon and Kaptagat CFAs in apiary establishment by providing them with 75
beehives each.