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naturekenya.org June 2018
Summary of Chairman's Report for 2017 -
1. SAVE SPECIES
i) Prevent Extinctions
• Supported KWS to develop
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a National Wildlife Poisoning Wildlife Poisoning Incidents
Response Protocol: clear and in Kenya
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practical protocols and training,
that will give local authorities
the ability to rapidly respond to
poisoning incidents as they are
detected
. Represented on the National
House Crow Control Committee,
now coordinated by the Ministry
of Tourism and Wildlife
ii) Monitor Species
■ Carried out common bird monitoring at 15 Key Biodiversity Areas
(Arabuko Sokoke Forest, Dakatcha Woodland,Taita Hills forests,
The EANHS Chairman Dr. Ian Gordon addresses members during the 108th
Tana River Delta, Kianyaga Valleys, Mukurwe-ini valleys, Yala
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Wetland, Lake Bogoria, Lake Naivasha, Lake Elementaita, Lake
Magadi, Lake Ol'Bolossat, Lake Nakuru)
Year 2017/18 Conservation Challenges
• Politics: Electioneering year. Minds occupied by politics
• Development vs Conservation: Infrastructure—Roads, Standard
gauge railway (SGR), LAPSSET, Northern Transport Corridor, Irrigation,
Coal power plant, and others
• Ever mounting threats to species: habitat loss, poor land use,
landscape degradation, pollution, illegal logging, climate change,
wildlife poisoning and poaching
• Policy failures: Lack of spatial policies and plans, weakened safeguard
policies and poor implementation of good existing legislation
• Limited public support: Kenya is 45 million strong but NK
membership is only 1,000
• Limited capacity: Weak national, county and local government
institutions
. Limited knowledge: research gaps on species and sites and
insufficient management plans and strategies
• Limited funding: simply less money for conservation
2017/18 Overarching Responses
Science: Identify, designate, monitor and maintain the integrity of Key
Biodiversity Areas
Policy: Influence policies, legislation and institutional frameworks for
ecosystem resilience
Advocacy: Explain and advocate the values of nature and mobilize public 2. CONSERVE SITES & HABITATS
and political support for nature
Local Support: Build grassroots capacity and networks for nature • Integrated and mainstreamed
conservation the Important Bird Area (IBA)
Education: Educate young people about nature conservation strategy into county
Restoration: Promote restoration of degraded habitats in Key Biodiversity development plans in 8 counties
Areas (Tana River, Kilifi,Taita Taveta, Kitui,
Land Purchase: Create effective ecological networks resilient to climate Narok, Siaya, Nyandarua and Elgeyo
change Marakwet,)
Partnerships: Promote and support effective conservation partnerships • Carried out an Ecosystem Services
locally, nationally and internationally, e.g. with BirdLife Assessment in the proposed 95,000
Private sector: Work with the private sector to promote best practices to ha of Community Conserved Area in
mitigate negative impact of major developments e.g. on wind farms Tana Delta
Constituency: Build conservation constituency and membership base for • 14 Community Forest Associations
Nature Kenya (CFAs) and 25 Site Support Groups Site monitoring at Dakatcha
Funding: Mobilize the resources needed to conserve and sustain ecosystems (SSGs) planted 747,000 tree seedlings Woodland
services
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3. ENCOURAGE ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY Business engagement in sustainable production
Engaged with proponents of the proposed Kipeto wind farm to
• Catalysed and Influenced policies, legislation and institutional
be located just 14 km from Kwenia KBA, one of the major national
frameworks for ecosystem resilience
breeding sites for Critically Endangered Rtippell's Vulture
• Promoted conservation of landscapes through Land Use Planning
• The developers led by ACTIS agreed to uphold IFC Performance
• Promoted sustainable production e.g. Kipeto Wind energy
Standard 6 and ensure net gain for critically endangered vultures, and
• Promoted engagement of Site Support Groups in policy
allocated $1 million per year to fund biodiversity offsets and setup
processes
biodiversity committee including Nature Kenya
• Supported 16 local schools to install clean cook stoves
• The developers effectively engaged USAID to fund a national Strategic
technology which saves 60% of fuel wood consumption
Environmental Assessment on Wind Farms placement, informed by a
equivalent to 56 acres of forest annually
sensitivity mapping tool. The tool will provide information on overlaps
between sites that are suitable for wind farms but would present
threats to resident and migratory soaring birds of prey, other raptors
and bats
Promotion of landscape conservation
• Implementation ofTana River Delta Land Use Plan (LUP) and Strategic
Environmental Assessment (SEA) initiated with establishment of a
95,200 ha Community Conserved Area (CCA)
• Drafting of a LUP bill for Lamu County based on provisions and
recommendations of theTana Delta LUP ongoing.
• Successfully engagedTana River & Siaya Counties to recognize LUP in
PH County Integrated Development Plans (CIDP)
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Taita 3. AArwaabrueknoe-sSs oGkrookuep F orest Adjacent
Dwellers Association
4. Sabaki River Baobab Group
5. Dakatcha Woodland Conservation
Engaged in policy and legislative processes at county, national and Group
6. Tana Delta Conservation Network
global levels 7. Mumonl Site Support Group
8. Mutltu Site Support Group
Comments for 12 Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic 9. Kljabe Environment Volunteers
Environmental Assessment reports for proposed projects (dams, Organization
10. Lake Naivasha Biodiversity
irrigation, standard gauge railway, roads, energy, power lines, etc) Conservation Group
11. Friends of Kinangop Plateau
submitted to the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) 12. Mukurwe-lnl Environmental
Volunteers Organization
• Four memoranda submitted to the National Assembly on land value 13. Lake Elementaita Ecosystem Group
14. Mt. Kenya Biodiversity Conservation
index laws amendment and irrigation, petroleum and energy bills. Oral Group
presentations on the petroleum and energy bills to the Parliamentary 1156.. NFryieanhudrsu oruf MBiarsda iC Mluabr a
Committee on Energy 17. Ruma Park Site Support Group
18. Yala Ecosystem Site Support Group
• Submitted memorandum to the National Taskforce on Forest 19. Dunga Swamp Site Support Group
South Nandi Biodiversity
Management and Logging Activities in Kenya 20. Conservation Group
Busia Environment Conservation
• Represented in key National Committees and fora, e.g national 21. Education Programme
Kakamega Environmental Education
wetlands regulations, Flouse Crow Control, Kenya Wildlife Forum, 22. Programme
Kenya Forests Working Group, Conservation Alliance of Kenya, National 23. Murguiywet CBO
24. Friends of Nature Bogoria
Ramsar Committee and National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 25. Chebororwa Sekemiat Self-help
Group
(NBSAP)
• Submitted comments on the new Environmental (Strategic 4. EMPOWER PEOPLE TO SUPPORT NATURE
Assessment, Integrated Impact Assessment and Audit) Regulations Capacity Building
Formulated an advocacy strategy on mainstreaming biodiversity
• 21 SSGs (42 participants; 11 women and 31 men) trained and shared
into sectors of the economy. In July 2017 convened, in partnership
experiences during national SSG workshop 2017
with Ministry of Environment, a national dialogue on mainstreaming
• 15 SSGs members from Taita hills & Dakatcha Woodland trained on
biodiversity into sectors of the economy, presided over by the Cabinet
apiculture techniques at Baraka Training Institute in Molo, Nakuru
Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
County
• In March 2018 supported Ministry of Environmentto convene
• 4 SSGs from Kilifi County trained on advocacy and resource
a national workshop to review national progress towards
mobilization
implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in
• 5 SSG Members (2-Yala, 1-Taita, 1-Dakatcha & 1-Arabuko) trained on
regard to mainstreaming biodiversity into productive sectors. Out of
Fundamentals of Ornithology (FoO)
this workshop a national report was submitted to the CBD's Subsidiary
• 5 CFAs in Mt. Kenya developed action plans and business cases which
Body on Implementation
were presented to water buyers and other stakeholders to support
• Submitted a policy brief on wildlife policy
restoration of Mt. Kenya forest
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SSGs are carrying out detailed monitoring at 6 sites (Kakamega, Taita, of 47,000 forest tree seedling
Dakatcha, Arabuko-Sokoke, Yala, Dunga) in Mt. Kenya forest; 5 CFAs and
• 23 SSGs are involved in Common Bird Monitoring 1 SSG issued with tree nursery
• 9 SSGs involved county decision making processes implements and assorted tree
• 7 SSGs implementing advocacy strategies seeds; 50 KBL/EABL staff and over
• 11 SSGs engaged government in their site activities and advocacy 230 local community members
(Dunga, Yala, Arabuko-Sokoke, Taita, Tana, Mt.Kenya, Bogoria, participated in tree planting in Mt.
Cherangani, Kinangop, Naivasha, Dakatcha) Kenya forest
• 26 CFAs from 6 forest IBAsare implementing Forest Management Plans • Nature Kenya's fundraising
(9 CFAs at the coast (Taita 5, Arabuko 3 and Dakatcha 1) and 5 CFAs in capacity enhanced, with support
Mt. Kenya, 3 in Nandi, 4 in Kakamega, 6 in Cherangani from Royal Society for the
• 9 SSGs have active environment education programmes Protection of Birds (UK)
• Established 2 new Site Support Groups (Ol'Bolossat & Elementaita) - for • Collaboration with BirdLife
a total of 25 SSGs Partners across the world
• Increased SSGs membership base to 8,638 (Men 3,625 and women • Project funders diversified and
5,013) core RSPB core development
• 24,000 adults & 47,000 students reached during World Environment support retained
Day, World Migratory Bird Day, World Wildlife Day, International Day of • 31 corporate mem bers engaged
Forests, and school and community outreach programme in 2017 • Efficient programme delivery and PHO
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• Wildlife Clubs of Kenya (WCK), in collaboration with Nature Kenya,
created awareness about the critically endangered Taita Apalis, Moon in June brings Eid ul Fitr
reaching 419 students and 19 teachers
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New moon is June 13, likely Regulus as the heart of the
to be seen as a slender lion. From Regulus, a line of
crescent on the 14th. This stars forms a sickle shape,
sighting will usher in the end like the head and mane of
of Ramadhan, a holy month a lion.
in the Islamic calendar.
Arcturus, a sparkling orange
The holiday of Eid ul Fitr
star, is high in the north.
is expected on June 15 or It forms a triangle with
16. Other moon phases are:
the blue-white star Spica
Mt June 6 - last quarter; June almost overhead, and the
W 20 - first quarter; June 28 -
H planet Jupiter in the east.
V full moon.
oa The moon is near Regulus on
Planets, June 2018 June 18, near Spica on the
Learning about nature at the Nairobi National Museum
The planets are brilliant 22nd, and near Jupiter on
in the evening sky - when June 23-24.
Livelihood Improvement
^ t the clouds allow us to see
• Flousehold income of SSG members increased by an average of 25% in Low in the northwest is the
the 2017 -*,2 them! Venus is the bright constellation of the Plough
light in the west; Jupiter is
■ Earnings by SSGs from nature-based enterprises totaled Ksh or Big Dipper. Can you see
61,359,660: from Beekeeping (18 SSGs), Tree seedlings (12 SSGs) SI the bright light high in the this constellation as a dipper
east. Golden Saturn rises in
Butterfly farming (Arabuko-Sokoke,Taita & Kakamega), Ecotourism - a deep, long-handled spoon
the east and is in the sky all
(Arabuko-Sokoke, Mida Creek, Dakatcha, Kakamega, Dunga, Mt Kenya), for scooping up water?
^ night. Mars rises later in the
Wool spinning products (Kinangop), Papyrus products (Yala), Fish In the south, the beautiful
evening and is high in the
farming (Yala,Taita, Dunga), and from Table Banking (sharing savings constellation of the
west at dawn. Mars glows
and loans). Southern Cross stands
orange-red and brighter
upright, tilting towards the
Communication than it has in years, as its
west during the evening.
• Published 11 issues of Nature Net, annual issue of Kenya Birding orbit takes it close to the
Two very bright stars, Alpha
magazine, annual IBA Status and Trends Report and several brochures. earth. In the second half of
and Beta Centauri, seem to
• Regular updates posted on NK's website, Facebook and Twitter June, the small but bright
point toward the Southern
accounts with 12,000 followers, and we are now active on Instagram planet Mercury rises above
Cross.
• Weekly Wednesday Morning birdwalks, monthly birding outings and the sunset.
weekend camping trips ongoing The moon is near Saturn June sun
• Participated in the British Bird Fair in August 2017, In collaboration with on June 1st and 27-28, and June 20 is the solstice,
Kenya Tourism Board, promoting Kenya Birding magazine and bird near Mars on June 3rd and when the North Pole is most
tourism in Kenya. 30th and July 1st. The new tilted towards the sun. Here
crescent moon is near Venus on the equator, from mid
5. FUNDING ft SUPPORT on June 16th. March to mid September we
• GolfTournament March 2018 raised funds to restore the water services June stars see the sun traveling across
The constellation Leo the the northern part of the sky
provided by the Mount Kenya forests.
Lion is high in the west. You during the day.
• Vivo Energy sponsored environmental awareness events in Dakatcha
can imagine the bright star
Woodland & Kinangop plateau; over 800 community members and
school children participated; one classroom constructed in Dakatcha
Woodland;
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