Wildlife Conservation Leasing Demonstration
Project Summary
The objjectives of the project are: (a) Integrated management of the Nairobi NP ecosystem, including maintenance of critical migratory routes and dispersal areas; arresting and reversing current destructive trends of land sale and partitioning, attempts at cultivation and sale; (b) Improve well-being, livelihoods and security of local households (reducing vulnerability to drought) through provision of a modest but reliable income stream that is not vulnerable to drought; Increase interest and capacity of local communities to engage in biodiversity-compatible enterprises; (c) Demonstrate the ecological, economic and social soundness of wildlife conservation leases as a conservation tool in pastoralist areas, and its applicability in other priority areas in East Africa, and (d) establish a supportive knowledge, policy and institutional environment for achievement of the project’s direct and indirect conservation goals over the longer term.
Project Details
GEF Project ID | 1999 |
Project Type | Medium-size Project |
Status | Project Approved |
Country | Kenya |
Region | |
Focal Areas | |
Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
Implementing Agencies | The World Bank |
Executing Agencies | The Wildlife Foundation |
GEF Period: | GEF - 4 |
Approval Fiscal Year: | 2008 |
Financials
Project Preparation Grant Amount | 25,000 USD |
GEF Project Grant | 727,270 USD |
Co-financing Total | 505,000 USD |
GEF Agency Fees | 72,727 USD |
Total Cost | 1,257,270.00 USD |