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Happy New Year to all members, friends and supporters of the Laikipia Wildlife Forum
LWF's financial year has been changed to January-December, and 2007 membership is now due. Please find attached renewal forms - thank you for your continued support.
The LWF January newsletter is with the printers and will be circulated to members shortly. Many thanks to Nicky Dyer for once again putting together the LWF newsletter.
With a small delay in funding from Tourism Trust Fund (TTF), LWF is pleased to have now secured funding for the third and final year of the Tourism Development Plan for Laikipia. LWF continues to put great effort into promoting Laikipia as a unique and high quality tourism destination for the benefit of Laikipia's tourism operations and the people of Laikipia.
LWF's newly re-vamped website is now live: www.laikipia.org
David Coulson of 'Trust for African Rock Art' visited rock faces and caves in the Mukogodo hills to identify rock art, which the community of Kuri Kuri Group Ranch hope to market as an activity for visitors at the proposed Yaaku museum development.
Following conclusive focus-group discussions with stakeholders of the Laikipia West Elephant fence project by the LWF CCO and CLO's, an EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) for the 163km 5-strand solar powered fence has been completed and presented to NEMA for approval. The Laikipia West Elephant fence is a vital part of the LWF's wildlife fencing strategy for Laikipia to help minimise human/elephant conflict.
LWF hosted the '3 Peaks 3 Weeks' team in early January at the Laikipia Information Centre and for a day out at Il Motiok with the women's group. Due to wet roads restricting access to many areas, Tropic Air generously gave them a flight over Laikipia to appreciate the area for which they have raised kshs 4 million. The LWF held a dinner for the team at the Sports Club in Nanyuki, which was supported by Ol Pejeta Conservancy and Kisima Farm, to thank the girls for their fundraising efforts and to wish them well on their climb of Mt. Kenya, Mt. Meru and Mt. Kilimanjaro. More information about the '3 Peaks 3 Weeks Challenge Africa' is available on www.3peaks3weeks.org.
Following an exposure tour of Naitabaya Women's group to Makurian and Tiemamut rangeland rehabilitation sites in Uaso Nyiro unit last month, Naibunga conservancy have approved a proposal from the women's group's to rehabilitate a 50 acre degraded site in Musul group ranch. With support from FORREMS and the UNDP small grants project, fencing materials have been delivered to the site.
Conflict in North Western unit of Laikipia has diminished allowing the CLO for the first time in 6 months to meet with the Nabulaa Self Help Group in P&D ranch. Both P&D and Naibunga are being assessed for funding by EU CDTF's Community Environment Facility (CEF) for development of improved grazing management.
With guidance from the LWF Eastern unit CLO, 7 community groups have initiated grazing management strategies which incorporate a rotational grazing plan and dry-season grazing zones.
With FORREMS funding the LWF coordinated the training of Il Motiok Women's Group and members of the group ranch committee by legal experts. The training, held in Nanyuki, will assist them in developing 2 independent trusts to steer both the tourism venture at Ol Gaboli and development projects within the group ranch.
With FORREMS support, 20 community members from Kaptuya and Churo in North Western unit benefited from a group-dynamics training, where organisational development skills will help in the management of Churo cultural centre and Kaptuya campsite. The workshop was conducted by NAREDA consultants at Thomsons Falls.
A 10-year forest collaborative management plan for Mukogodo Forest remains in the hands of the Chief Conservator of Forests. With assistance from LWF, supporting documents have now been finalised including community rules and regulations to govern the forest, and a management agreement between ILMAMUSI and Forest Department. These additional papers have been circulated and approved by members of the 4 group ranchers surrounding the forest.
With support from Borana Ranch and KEFRI, the LWF Eastern CLO helped Enakishomi Nursery School plant over 1000 seedlings in their school compound.
The LWF's environmental education bus has been fitted with sliding glass windows to replace the old canvas sides. The new design will provide more comfort to its groups, especially on rainy days and long journeys.
In 2006, 3,709 school children and 1,262 adults benefited from the LWF's Environmental Education Programme (EEP). Many thanks to Borana Ranch, Il N'gwesi, Koija Star Beds, Laikipia Nature Conservancy, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Makurian / Tiemamut range rehabilitation sites, Ngare Ndare Forest Trust, Ol Gaboli Lodge and Ol Pejeta Conservancy for hosting field and exchange visits. The EEP also engaged students and communities in 3 world conservation days in 2006 - World Wetland day, World Water day and World Environment day.
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