Kenya: How Local Communities Are Leading the Revival of Mau Forest Complex

Nairobi — A community-led conservation model that allows families to grow food while nurturing tree seedlings is rapidly transforming restoration efforts in the Mau Forest Complex, with more than 4,600 households now directly involved in rehabilitating Kenya’s largest and most important water tower.

Environment and Climate Change Principal Secretary Festus Ng’eno said the Trees Establishment and Livelihood Improvement Scheme (TELIS) has emerged as the “game-changer” behind the restoration of the…