ISLA Kenya

Initiative for Sustainable Landscapes Kenya

[ISLA Kenya @ISLA_Kenya]

NEW 📖: Our 2017-18 annual report is now online! Read inspiring stories from our work on #forest conservation, improving #water flows & access, livestock intensification, sustainable energy & more in the Mau Forest complex #Kenya.

➡️ https://t.co/kGC290L4Hk

[Winnie Mwaniki @winnie_mwaniki]

@IDH_buzz great to spend the day with the Chief Conservator of Forests and his team planting trees in Kures and meeting the @ISLA_Kenya board in Chepkembe. Thanks @RhinoArk @SafaricomFDN @KeForestService @CCF_Kenya @KTDATea #Finlays #Unilever. Cheers to a flourishing SW Mau.

[ISLA Kenya @ISLA_Kenya]

Want to know more about @ISLA_Kenya? Check out this visual poster: https://t.co/qxWgJ9ACXG

[IDH @IDHTrade]

Through our @ISLA_Kenya work, a co-funded project by Unilever Tea Kenya & Finlays Tea Kenya is helping farmers in the South West Mau landscape increase milk production without grazing their cattle in the forest.
https://t.co/wgaWNpltlg #thinklandscape #intlforestday

[ISLA Kenya @ISLA_Kenya]

“We cannot achieve any of our goals without actively involving and partnering with the #communities that live around the #forest" - @jordyvanhonk. Read more in our latest annual report ➡️ https://t.co/kpccPCNNtr

#Kenya #Mau #thinklandscape

[IDH @IDHTrade]

“It is our firm belief that the #ISLA trust will help us rehabilitate, protect and conserve the South West Mau forest” Lerionka Tiampati, trustee and CEO of KTDA. Read the full @ISLA_Kenya Annual Report 2017-2018: https://t.co/r3tBEogSqn @KTDATea

[IDH @IDHTrade]

“We work closely together to find the best solutions for conserving the South West Mau and improving the livelihoods of surrounding communities.” Mr Emilio Mugo, Former KFS Chief Conservator of Forests. @ISLA_Kenya Annual Report 2017-18 https://t.co/r3tBEogSqn @KeForestService

[IDH @IDHTrade]

.@jordyvanhonk, IDH’s Program Director for African Landscapes, looks back on milestones @ISLA_Kenya: “We brought together a unique public-private partnership, piloted our livestock intensification work and rehabilitated over 200 hectares of forest.”
More: https://t.co/r3tBEogSqn

[Bruce Cabarle @Bcabarle]

Just had fascinating visit to @ISLA_Kenya #ThinkLandscape project with @IDH_buzz #Finlay Tea Kenya @KeForestService @P4Forests @DFID_UK to learn about #investments in #forests & #SustainableAgriculture and #smallholders farming to conserve critical watershed #swmauforest

[Bruce Cabarle @Bcabarle]

How are tea, cows, monkeys & people connected? By #freshwater from #swmauforest reserve in #Kenya. Thanks to @winnie_mwaniki @IDH_buzz @ISLA_Kenya @SNVworld @KTDATea @KeForestService @NakuruCountyGov @P4Forests @DFID_UK & #finlay Tea Kenya for a great lesson WRT #ThinkLandscape

[Beatah Nzove @NzoveBeatah]

Exiting to see these farmers who were originally grazing their livestock in Mau Forest and getting meagre production preserve green maize into silage for their dairy cows, now grazed at home.#Increasedproduction #improvedlivelihoods #restoredlandscapes. @SNVworld @ISLA_Kenya

[ISLA Kenya @ISLA_Kenya]

Livestock grazing has an impact on forest regeneration. ISLA Kenya is supporting farmers who live adjacent to the South West Mau to improve livestock productivity on-farm. In partnership with SNV, silage preparation training began at Kwenet demo farm. @winnie_mwaniki @IDH_buzz

[ISLA Kenya @ISLA_Kenya]

Livestock grazing has a direct impact on forest conservation

[ISLA Kenya @ISLA_Kenya]

“With training from @SNVworld, we have changed our practices from grazing in the #forest to keeping our cows at home, leading to increased milk production" - Daniel Langát, Farmer. #Kenya #forestprotection
Watch our discussion👇
https://t.co/3c5sDPhBfB

[Winnie Mwaniki @winnie_mwaniki]

Indeed, involving women leaders to make a difference for women @bometcounty

[ISLA Kenya @ISLA_Kenya]

“The project has made my fellow #women smile as it has brought clean #water in the rivers and houses” - Cherotich Clara, Member of the County Assembly from Bomet county, talking about ISLA #Kenya's spring water project.

https://t.co/3c5sDPzc79

[ISLA Kenya @ISLA_Kenya]

“Public-Private Partnerships in the South West Mau have provided the framework to fully engage neighboring communities in #forestconservation & provide lasting solutions to key challenges" - Christian Lambrechts of @RhinoArk. Watch the discussion 👇👇👇
https://t.co/3c5sDPhBfB

[EcoAgriculture Partners @EcoAgPartners]

How does IDH convene multistakeholder partnerships in Landscapes? See here: https://t.co/N8pXKBbUKU

[ISLA Kenya @ISLA_Kenya]

“IDH and its partners soon realized that #certification without landscape level intervention cannot stop #deforestation” - Jordy van Honk.
Find out more by watching our talk at the @GlobalLF in Nairobi 👉🏾
https://t.co/UCrdkeOLo3

[ISLA Kenya @ISLA_Kenya]

@IDH_buzz @jordyvanhonk @winnie_mwaniki @BometCounty036 @NzoveBeatah @SNVworld @GlobalLF @KeForestService @RhinoArk