Securing the long-term future of Kenya’s largest freshwater wetland
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £341,972
WHERE Kenya
Summary
This project aims to secure globally important biodiversity and local livelihoods in Kenya’s Yala Delta. The project will do this through gazettement of an 8,404-ha Community Conservation Area, underpinned by an integrated management plan implemented by a trained multi-stakeholder management committee, within the framework of a Land Use Plan adopted as government policy. Livelihoods will be improved by strengthening producer cooperatives (for papyrus, vegetables, fish, tourism, honey and chicken), benefiting c250,000 people and ensuring continued provision of vital ecosystem services. Project lessons will be widely shared.
NEMA - National Environment Management Agency, Kenya, The Yala Ecosystem Site Support Group (YESSG), The Inter-Ministerial Technical Committee on Sustainable Management of Deltas in Kenya (IMTC), Kenya Wildlife Service, County Government of Siaya and Government of Busia County, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
