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[Published: Thursday September 10 2009]

Kenyan $ 81m appeal to restore forest gets UN backing 


Nairobi, 10 Sept-(ANA)-Kenya has launched an appeal for $ 81 million to fund efforts halting the degradation of its Mau Forests Complex, the United Nations Environment Programme has announced.

In addition to being the single most important source of water for direct 
consumption in the Rift Valley and western Kenya, the Mau complex helps to 
control river flows, mitigate flooding, reduce soil erosion, maintain 
biodiversity, sequester carbon and regulate the microclimate in Kenya and the 
region. 
  
Kenya is seeking $ 81 million over the next three years to implement some of the 
key rehabilitation interventions to protect the forest. 
 
In the last 20 years the forest has lost around 107,000 hectares – approximately 
25 per cent – of its cover due to ir regular and unplanned settlements, illegal 
logging and charcoal burning, the change of land use from forest to 
unsustainable agriculture and change in ownership from public to private, UNEP 
said. (ANA)

FA/ANA/10 September 2009---




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