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Section of Kaptagat Forest fencing which was allegedly vandalised by unknown people. [Stephen Rutto, Standard]
An ambitious initiative to restore the depleted Kaptagat forest ecosystem, a vital water tower in the North Rift covering 4,000 hectares, marked 10 years by announcing that it had already restored over 2,700 hectares of forest.
The initiative, by Kaptagat Integrated Conservation Programme, covers an ecosystem comprising Kipkabus, Penon, Kaptagat, Sabor, Kessup and Elgeyo forest stations, which together form one of Kenya's critical water towers supporting thousands of livelihoods in the North Rift region.
The initiative has already seen more than two million trees planted, restoring 2,765 hectares whose impact is already beginning to be felt by the local community.
