Eastern Africa Coastal Forest Programme: Regional Workshop ...

COUNTRY: KENYA
TARGET 4: At least 15 small coastal forests (less than 600 ha)and at least 6 large coastal forests (over 600 ha) are under participatory
forest management and contributing to improved livelihoods of local communities by 2010.
SCALE Actions (necessary and sufficient) to achieve target Indicators of success Key stakeholders
Global/international
(Eco) Regional
National
1. Take stock of lessons learnt in participatory management
activities by ongoing and past KCF projects eg Arabuko
Sokoke and the Kayas
- guidelines developed
2. Identify the priority sites with the greatest opportunities for
success & develop site-specific guidelines for selected sites
(by Dec.2003)
3. Support implementation and operation of Participatory
forest management at selected sites
Local / Site Activities
Continue implementation of participatory forest management at
Arabuko Sokoke Forest
On other sites:
- priority sites
identified
- develop guidelines
for individual sites
- operational plans in
implementation for
each site
Local
• Negotiate, demarcate boundaries conservation areas with
stakeholders where this has not been done
• Agree utilization zones with local communities and other
stakeholders
• Establish community conservation groups or strengthen
existing ones
• Train community groups in natural resource and enterprise
management
• Undertake / promote conservation oriented microenterprises
such as beekeeping, ecotourism
Eastern African Coastal Forests - 113 - Workshop Report, Nairobi February 4-7 2002