Over the past years, CETRAD, in partnership with the Wyss Academy for Nature, has been working on a transformative mission: to protect and restore the Gambella Wetland for Wildlife and people. This ambitious project has now reached a significant milestone with the commissioning and official handover of the wetland to the local community, followed by a Coalition for Change workshop that brought together key stakeholders to forge a united path forward.
We partnered with Wyss Academy for Nature Water Resources Authority National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) @ Kenya Forest Service and county officials from Meru and Isiolo in a tree planting exercise. We planted 1200 native tree seedlings as part of the restoration of Gambella wetland.
Today, we partnered with The Nature Conservancy in the ongoing installation of water meters to the end users in Isiolo WRUA. This strategic approach is designed to strengthen water governance and management in the region through promoting equitable water access and reducing water-related conflicts.
The Native PEP Project aims to strengthen livelihood security and environmental health in Kenya and Tanzania by addressing challenges of rangeland degradation, deforestation, and invasive alien trees.
The KCEP-CRAL is a project within the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives State Department for Crop Development and Agricultural Research financed by; the Government of Kenya, IFAD Loan, IFAD- ASAP grant,
Implementation of the approved Transformation Streams (TS) will start beginning of the second quarter of the year. Three of the streams that CETRAD was involved in were approved for implementation as follows
The initial pilot area for the Springs Stewardship will remain the Gambella wetland in the lowlands of the Ngare Mara sub-catchment that drains the western slopes of the Nyambene ranges.
The activities initiated to expand the hydromet monitoring system into the Lewa-Borana landscape courtesy of the CETRAD-LEWA collaboration platform are in progress.
