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Watu Wa Miti Campaign (People of the Trees)

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Watu Wa Miti Campaign (People of the Trees)

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Countries: Kenya
Regions: Tana
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Protect and Restore Ecosystems (SDG 6.6)
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Nature-Based Solutions
Progress to Date: 623011 Tress Planted
Services Needed: Financial support
Desired Partner: Investor
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Jan. 01, 2020  »  Dec. 31, 2021
Project Website: www1.plant-for-the-planet.org/20-million-trees-for-kenya-s-f...
Contextual Condition(s): PHYSICAL: Ecosystem vulnerability or degradation
Additional Benefits: Heightened agreement on priority basin water challenges
Beneficiaries: Ecosystems
Planning & Implementation Time: More than 3 years
Financial Resources: Less than $1,000 USD
Primary Funding Source: pool
Project Challenges: RESOURCES: Lack of financial resources
Project Source: Admin
Profile Completion: 95%

Project Overview

ITF was formed in Kenya in 1922 when Richard St Barbe Baker and Chief Josiah Njonjo formed ÔWatu wa MitiÕ Ð the People of the Trees. This became the society of the Men of the Trees, a worldwide organisation that promoted forest conservation and tree planting on a huge scale. To celebrate the 100-year anniversary of this founding, ITF is running its Watu Wa Miti campaign, with a target of planting 5 million trees. The project works with local community groups across Kenya to …

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ITF was formed in Kenya in 1922 when Richard St Barbe Baker and Chief Josiah Njonjo formed ÔWatu wa MitiÕ Ð the People of the Trees. This became the society of the Men of the Trees, a worldwide organisation that promoted forest conservation and tree planting on a huge scale. To celebrate the 100-year anniversary of this founding, ITF is running its Watu Wa Miti campaign, with a target of planting 5 million trees. The project works with local community groups across Kenya to restore degraded forest lands, increase tree cover on farmland around forests, and engage the next generation of tree planters in environmental stewardship. Focusing on forest restoration, agroforestry, and tree planting in schools, this programme has been designed to reflect the multiple uses of trees in the landscape, used by people and wildlife alike. We believe that true forest conservation works best when communities are engaged and see the benefits of this work. In fact, the Watu Wa Mitu campaign is as much about the people as it is the trees. Therefore, this campaign is not only restoring vital, yet degraded, forests across Kenya: it is also supporting local livelihoods. This can be seen in the small economic enterprises that come out of the community tree nurseries, the farmers who gain increased income through tree nursery activities, agroforestry and in some case by growing crops around the young trees, and the local women groups who use their income in their own Savings and Loans schemes, supporting members during times of trouble and enabling others to invest in small business enterprises.

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Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: PHYSICAL: Ecosystem vulnerability or degradation
Project Benefits: Heightened agreement on priority basin water challenges
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: Ecosystems
Months & Implementing: More than 3 years
Financial Resources: Less than $1,000 USD
Primary Funding Source: Pool funding (i.e., joint funding of several partners)
Challenges: RESOURCES: Lack of financial resources

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MAIN CHALLENGE Increasing tree cover from less than 1% to 10% SITE OWNERSHIP Small Holding. Multiple since 2021 CAUSE OF DEGRADATION Few trees on farm, overdependence of fuelwood and less planting of trees and overgrazing WHY THIS SITE? Homabay and Kisumu Counties are the least forested county in Kenya, characterized by flooding, long periods of drought, need for fuelwood, free grazing, malnutrition, rapidly growing population, falling food production, and low resilience to climate change.

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