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water towers home travel water towers about us background project sites kefri donors and partners home programs programme component 1 component 2 component 3 component 4 resources reports publications posters catalogues fliers brochures guidelines maps conference papers contacts head office regional office quick links f a qs knowledge management repository gallery recent events news management team water towers protection and climate change mitigation and adaption programme component four 4 background information kenya s economy is nature based with its water towers influencing livelihoods of beneficiaries of ecosystem services both adjacent and further afield communities living in upstream and multifunctional landscapes are providers of important ecosystem services that benefit users further downstream kenya s forested landscapes including kenya s water towers store rainwater regulate river flows and prevent runoff these landscapes also recharge ground water aquifers improve soil fertility and reduce soil erosion and sediment flow into river water they further regulate local climatic conditions for commercial agriculture and act as carbon reservoirs and sinks kenya s electricity 80 is generated from reservoirs drained by rivers from kenya s water towers kenya s water towers the ability of kenya s forested ecosystems to continue to provide critical ecosystem services in a sustained manner to adjacent communities and beneficiaries further afield is being threatened by deforestation and land degradation deforestation has reduced kenya s forest coverage from 12 in the 1960s to currently 6 9 deforestation costs the kenyan economy an estimated kes 5 8 billion per year an estimated 50 000ha lost between 2000 and 2010 has resulted in cumulative negative effects amounting to kes 3 652 million per year more than 2 8 times the cash revenue of deforestation the contribution of forests to gross domestic product gdp is estimated to be around 3 6 recognition of kenya s water towers economic importance and threats posed by their degradation has necessitated rehabilitation and restoration actions vision 2030 kenya s long term planning blueprint pursues conservation of water towers as a flagship project in mtp ii adopted in 2013 the government through the national climate change response strategy in 2010 and a national climate change action plan 2012 pursues low carbon climate resilience through the design and implementation of low emission development strategies given the importance of kenya s forested ecosystems for economic development in terms of the ecosystem services they provide the newly enacted constitution provides for a 10 tree cover of the land area in kenya a strategy to achieve this target includes requiring landowners to have 10 on farm tree cover decentralised planning and empowering of communities have been adopted to ensure sustained provision of ecosystem services gallery programme technical committee social economic survey water tower launch technical assistance site visit bamboo planting onfarm activities news and events by admin 40 25th 30th sept 2017 technical assistance ta menr team visit to component 4 project sites the water programme is implemented as 4 different components delivery of component one of the programme is coordinated by the ministry of environment and natural more by admin 40 3rd 16th may 2017 biodiversity assessment the lake victoria basin eco region research programme lvberp maseno recently carried out biodiversity assessment in mt elgon forest ecosystem between 3rd and 16th may 2017 more by admin 45 may 2017 technical committee site visit technical team members assessing an indigenous tree nursery in bugaa at the slopes of mt elgon our partners european union eu kenya s water towers is funded by european union kenya forestry research institute ministry of environment and natural resources kenya water towers agency kenya wildlife service kenya forest service council of governors contact us head office kenya forestry research institute water towers component office p o box 20412 00200 nairobi tel 254 724 259781 2 wireless 254 2010651 2 email director kefri org watertowers kefri org regional office lake victoria basin eco region forestry research programme maseno lvberp p o box 25199 40108 otong lo kisumu tel 254 573 51164 254 713 687 975 wireless 254 2010651 2 fax 254 5735 1592 e mail rdmaseno kefri org regional office rift valley eco region forestry research programme londiani rverp p o box 382 londiani tel 254 20 217 2567 e mail rdlondiani kefri org 2018 kenya s water towers all rights reserved your are visitor no 1420
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