Bio-diversity

Human-wildlife conflict is one of the issues causing much anxiety among the residents close to the forest boundary and contributing to food insecurity. Just before the harvest season, elephants living in the Mt. Kenya forest raid farms and eat most of the food crops and trample on the rest. Left with no crops to harvest and no income from sale of surplus crops, the villagers resort to activities such as illegal logging, wildlife poaching and charcoal burning. To minimize the human-wildlife conflict, the project will erect a 14km, solar-powered fence along the boundary between the forest edge and the farms. It is expected that the fence will increase food security, raise incomes, and reduce illegal activities within the forest.

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