Mt. Elgon Regional Ecosystem Conservation Program

19 July, 2011 - 10:18

This is completed trans-boundary natural resource management program of Kenya and Uganda under the East African Community. The project was designed to address the conservation and development needs of the Mount Elgon ecosystem. One of the objectives of the conservation program was the linking of livelihoods improvement to climate change mitigation/adaptation, to which end the following activities were carried planned: 

- Zoning and carbon sequestering plantations of indigenous species
- Reforestation and  cash payments to the beneficiaries for land preparation, planting, and maintenance under PBSAs entered into with land owners
- Cash payments tied with performance bonuses for deforestation avoidance
- National benchmarking and monitoring data at NFA and KFS document carbon stocks at Mt Elgon and “certify” these for possible carbon trading on international voluntary markets with national level REDD benchmarking

Abbreviations: 
MERECP
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Main Fields
Level: 
Subnational
Status: 
Complete
Related Institutions
Related Institution: 
Implementation:

Implementation: Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources (Kenya)

Implementation: Kenya Wildlife Service

Implementation: Kenya Forestry Service

Implementation:

Type
Capacity Building: 
No
Project: 
No
Project Specific Info
Scope: 
Deforestation
Scope: 
Degradation
Scope: 
Conservation
Primary Finance Source: 
Bilateral
Start Date: 
May 2005
End Date: 
2009
Duration (Years): 
4