The Ngare Ndare Forest Trust

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	The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy works as a catalyst for the conservation of wildlife and its habitat. It does this through the protection and management of species, the initiation and support of community conservation and development programmes, and the education of neighbouring areas in the value of wildlife.

Ngare Ndare Forest Trust (NNFT)

A forest glade

A waterfall in the forest

Introduction and background
Ngare Ndare forest is a gazetted Forest Reserve with its management aspects falling under the Forest Department (FD) and Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) via a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and the adjacent community members and large-scale farms via the Ngare Ndare Forest Trust.

The Forest Reserve is a part of the larger Mt. Kenya forests. It is located in two Kenyan districts traversing two provinces. A large part of it is located in Meru Central district, Eastern province and a section of it is in Laikipia district, Rift Valley province. The reserve covers an area of 5554.3 hectares. Geographically, the area lies between 0 0 07'N to 0 0 10'N and 37 0 18' E to 37 0 27'E (Ruhiu, 1998).

The forest is dominated by Red Cedar ( Cupressus lusitanica ) and Brown Olive ( Olea africana ). It is an important part of the wildlife corridor especially for elephants extending from the forest cutting across through Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (LWC) to Laikipia and Samburu districts. It also offers suitable habitat for the black rhino and increases range for different wildlife species in the adjoining LWC and Borana ranch. The forest supports the hydrological balance of the ecosystem. It is a source of four rivers, some of which sustain the drier lowlands. The forest supports the various life forms and contributes to the flow of Ewaso Ng'iro, (the life line for the pastoral communities in Isiolo and Samburu districts).

NNFT Structure
In realization of the importance of this forest all the stakeholders came together in early 1997 to form what was known as the Ngare Ndare Forest Working Committee to help improve conservation and management of the forest. Five years earlier, in 1992 they had sought funds, which enabled them put up an electric fence around the forest, which has greatly reduced human-wildlife conflict and forest destruction. These stakeholders include the five communities adjacent to the forest, neighboring large-scale farms (Kisima, Lewa, Borana Ranch and Northern Frontier Ventures), the Forest department, KWS and Provincial Administration. This later became the Ngare Ndare Forest Trust (NNFT) when it was registered in December 2001.


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