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Mau Forest O verview

Mau Forest O verview. What is the Mau forest?. Largest remaining block of montane forest in Eastern Africa—an area > 400,000 ha. 21 Forests, 1 of which (Maasai Mau) is managed by local government (Narok County Council)

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Mau Forest O verview

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  1. Mau Forest Overview

  2. What is the Mau forest? • Largest remaining block of montane forest in Eastern Africa—an area > 400,000 ha. • 21 Forests, 1 of which (Maasai Mau) is managed by local government (Narok County Council) • One of 5 ‘water towers’ of Kenya; covers upper catchments of the Nzoia, Yala, Nyando, Sondu, Mara and Ewaso Ng’iro riversE. Africa lakes and wetlands; i.e., Victoria, Baringo, Natron, Turkana, Nakuru and Naivasha

  3. Importance of the Mau • The Mau complex nourishes Kenya’s two largest foreign exchange earners—tea and tourism—in addition to many smallholder livelihoods (cattle, crops, forest products) • A significant portion of Kenya’s—as well as Tanzania’s—key wildlife populations depend on the Mau complex for water

  4. Biodiversity values • Contribution to priority wildlife conservation areas • Freshwater biodiversity • Indigenous forest • Important Bird Areas (#5) • Farms & agrobiodiversity

  5. LTPR dynamics • Reserve forests (government owned) • Maasai group ranches increasingly fragmented • Ogiekterritory • Titled land • Legitimate • Non-legitimate • ??? • Refugee camps

  6. LTPR dynamics Indigenous people

  7. Direct conflict drivers • Excisions • Removals • Unsustainable and inequitable forest management

  8. Underlying dynamics: demand for land and water • Population pressure and immigration • Uncontrolled water use

  9. Underlying dynamics: power struggles and patronage • Corruption and ethnically-manipulated land concessions combined with drought led to violence and population displacement • Lack of opportunity for youth • Proliferation of management units, no coherence; struggling over jurisdiction and benefit • Marginalization and “developmental distance”

  10. PROMARA interventions • Community center • Information and legal advice on land rights targeted at vulnerable populations • Alternatives to land alienation and evictions • Integrated governance and co-management of natural resources providing livelihood and ecosystem service benefits

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