ATS-AFRICA

Kenya faces enormous pressures on its key ecosystems, including forests, wildlife and water supply sources. The most important of these ecosystems from the hydrological perspective, and one of the largest remaining forest areas in Kenya, is the Mau Complex. Extending over more than 400,000 ha, the forests of the Mau Complex have suffered serious damage in recent decades, including illegal logging, charcoal burning, settlement incursion and excision... Recent moves on the part of the Kenya Forestry Service (KFS) towards involving local communities in forest management and conservations are directed in part at reversing the trend towards forest destruction by offering local communities more of a stake in the future of the forest areas. True commitment on the part of such communities to conservation will depend ultimately on their ability to attain food security and adequate incomes through activities which are not harmful to the forests and water catchments. However, KFS lacks an..

Also known as: ATS-Africa Ltd.

Primary location: Nairobi Kenya