UPDATE ON KENYA Conservation through wealth creation

1. UPDATE ON KENYAConservation through wealth creation Africa Conservation Trust

2. Update on conservation activities in Kenya Magadi Area The first area in Magadi was found to be unsuitable for our process because there were no easily developed dam sites, and geotechnical indications were that if we sank a borehole in this area the water would have a very high soda content, so we have been looking for a more favorable location in this Magadi area.

3. First location in Magadi

4. Second Location, Magadi Area The second location in the Magadi area is on the Uaso Nyiro River, near the Shompoli Conservation Area, and being on the river which never dries up, will be an ideal location for a tree nursery, demonstration area and community training facility . The engagement has begun with the CBO in this area, and we have employed a representative from this community to move the process forwards towards a start up date in the last quarter of 2007. The proximity of water will enable this project to be of a much greater magnitude than possible in the first location.

5. Second Location ,Magadi Area

6. Eastern Aberdares, Kandara • We moved our operations to the Eastern Aberdares, from Gatamayu in the south, to Kandara at the request of the Tana and Athi River Development Authority, because it is the catchments area for the Tana and Athi Rivers, two of Kenya’s largest rivers, and source of all our hydro power, therefore a very important location for us to attend to as a matter of priority.

7. Engaging with the Kandara community

8. Choosing a location for the nursery in Kandara

9. Kandara nursery 5 months later with many thousands of trees

10. Tree seedlings in the germination house in Kandara

11. Lake Victoria We have a project location identified on the shores of Lake Victoria, where rivers have dried up as a result of deforestation, resulting in the lake level dropping 1,5 meters in the last decade. It is intended to start a regional intervention from this location that would involve Tanzania and Uganda.

12. Consequences of deforestation and over grazing Gulley erosion around the lake as a result of environmental degradation is becoming more frequent and increasingly damaging, as seen in this photograph taken in the Homa Bay area. Our nitrogen fixing trees are perfectly suited to restoring and stabilizing degraded soils .

13. Tana River area survey by air and ground Intrusion of people into virgin forest areas near the delta area of the Tana River, practicing destructive slash and burn agriculture

14. On the ground north of Garsen, Tana River Secondary bush and no grazing were evident for many miles between Garsen and Hola.

15. Residents of the lower Tana The Pokomo and Orma people of this region live in classic bee hive huts, and have suffered considerably from the devastating drought of 2005. Our village transformation scheme would give them valuable resources to survive the effects of Global climate change.

16. Carbon credit assessment • We are actively assessing our carbon credit generation potential, both for communities and for commercial forestry, to enhance Africa’s potential to be one of the worlds largest carbon sinks. • This year, 2007, will see the expansion of the Trusts activities into new areas with new communities.

17. In conclusion • The Africa Conservation Trust is perfectly placed in terms of the right programs at the right time to generate sustainable rural development from conservation through wealth creation. • Please visit our website • www.africaconservationtrust.org • For more information and detail.