Integrated Transmara and Maasai Mau Forest Management Program

This Project is located in Western Kenya and was identified and prepared under the Mara River Basin Project. Project interventions include rehabilitation of water tower forests. An investment project focussing on integrated forest management for the Maasai Mau and Trans Mara forest blocks within the Mau Forest Complex was prepared.

The investments which are estimated at US$ 62.9 million (over a 10 year period) include: (i) restoration of Transmara protected forest; (ii) rehabilitation of the Maasai Mau trust land forest; (iii)  consolidation of the tea buffer zone through building on the successes of the Nyayo Tea Zone Development Corporation in establishing buffer zones around the gazetted forest; (iv) improved management practices on private farmlands; (v) income generation and livelihood improvement activities (vi) Institutional capacity development for relevant stakeholders in the sectors of water, forestry, environment and others.

This Project is located in Western Kenya and was identified and prepared under the Mara River Basin Project. Project interventions include rehabilitation of water tower forests. An investment project focussing on integrated forest management for the Maasai Mau and Trans Mara forest blocks within the Mau Forest Complex was prepared.

The investments which are estimated at US$ 62.9 million (over a 10 year period) include: (i) restoration of Transmara protected forest; (ii) rehabilitation of the Maasai Mau trust land forest; (iii)  consolidation of the tea buffer zone through building on the successes of the Nyayo Tea Zone Development Corporation in establishing buffer zones around the gazetted forest; (iv) improved management practices on private farmlands; (v) income generation and livelihood improvement activities (vi) Institutional capacity development for relevant stakeholders in the sectors of water, forestry, environment and others.