In April, Nasuulu, Nannapa, Narupa and Kalama community conservancies launched Acacia reficiens clearing programmes to rehabilitate 3,700 hectares of previously productive grassland by removing a damaging and prolific tree. The projects provided temporary employment to 1,500 people, and were completed with support from NRT and SIDA through the IMARA Program. The conservancies adjusted the activities to comply with COVID-19 Government guidelines and ensure the health and safety of all involved.

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Across Kenya’s wildlife-rich Laikipia Plateau, a thorny enemy is advancing. But a tiny sap-sucking insect may help save the region’s animals and people.

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Earlier this year, the Naibunga community decided to take action against the degradation of their rangelands. Supported by NRT, and The Nature Conservancy - WYSS, the community was granted Ksh. 2.4 million to rehabilitate degraded land, for the benefit of people and wildlife.  Between them, they worked on healing gullies across more than 10,000 acres, cleared 7,150 acres of damaging Acacia reficiens and reseeded 350 acres with grasses. 

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How 200 community members from Narupa Community Conservancy transformed more than 200 hectares of land - and what impact this has had on wildlife, women and working pastoralists.

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It sounds counter-intuitive: cut down trees to help rehabilitate land. But that’s exactly what the community of Namunyak have been doing, with support from NRT and SIDA. Last week, they held a ceremony to mark the end of weeks of work to clear the highly damaging Acacia reficiens tree from across 1,300 hectares of land.

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