Our work
Projects
Clear stories, verified data, human impact and transparent results across Kenya’s mountain forest water towers. Each programme connects to a landscape, impact figures, stories and reports.
Practical solutions
What works in the field
Community partnership
People as co-guardians
Verified impact
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Our featured projects
Practical work on the ground
Aberdare Conservation Area
Aberdare Conservation Fence
Farms and tea country pressed against a park full of elephant and rhino. A 410 km electric fence now separates crops from core forest while attendants keep the line working.
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Aberdare Conservation Area
Aberdare Joint Surveillance Unit
The fence keeps most wildlife out of farms; AJSU keeps illegal activity out of the forest. Joint patrols and aerial support with KWS backstop the Aberdare fence.
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Forest-edge communities
Community Livelihoods
Paid fence roles, small enterprises and CFA partnerships give forest-edge families income that does not depend on clearing the forest.
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More programmes
Fencing, wildlife recovery, restoration, community livelihoods, education and landscape stewardship.
Conservation fencing
Electric fences built and maintained with KWS, KFS and communities.
Aberdare Conservation Area
Aberdare Conservation Fence
Farms and tea country pressed against a park full of elephant and rhino. A 410 km electric fence now separates crops from core forest while attendants keep the line working.
Learn more →Aberdare Conservation Area
Aberdare Joint Surveillance Unit
The fence keeps most wildlife out of farms; AJSU keeps illegal activity out of the forest. Joint patrols and aerial support with KWS backstop the Aberdare fence.
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Kakamega Forest
Kakamega Forest Fence
Western Kenya’s rainforest fragment faces pressure from the edge inward. 50 km of a 117 km electrified fence is live, with more kilometres planned with KWS and KFS.
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Mau Eburu Fence & Corridors
Settlements and charcoal pressure pressed on an 8,715 ha Mau block holding bongo and 188 bird species. A 43 km fence, finished in 2014, still defines the forest edge.
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Mount Kenya Ecosystem
Mount Kenya Fence Programme
Elephants still cross between Aberdares and Mount Kenya, but farms on the lower slopes needed relief. 316 km of a planned 450 km community fence is in place around the forest belt.
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Wildlife recovery
Black rhino, mountain bongo and elephant habitat protection.
Forest restoration
Six published forest rehabilitation projects, ongoing.
Communities
Fence-line livelihoods and Community Forest Associations.
Education
Conservation education with 184 schools.
Landscape governance
Public-private partnerships for water-tower management.
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