Comments on: Land to be allocated to Friends of Shimoni Forest!!! http://gvikenya.wildlifedirect.org/2009/04/22/land-to-be-allocated-to-friends-of-shimoni-forest/ Conserving Kenya Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:17:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: gvikenya http://gvikenya.wildlifedirect.org/2009/04/22/land-to-be-allocated-to-friends-of-shimoni-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-338 gvikenya Fri, 01 May 2009 07:57:10 +0000 http://gvikenya.wildlifedirect.org/2009/04/22/land-to-be-allocated-to-friends-of-shimoni-forest/#comment-338 Hi Paula, it is definitely a very exciting prospect for all of us working with GVI Kenya and Friends of Shimoni Forest. The designation of land within the forest for conservation will also provide a secure platform for community-based eco-tourism, reforestation and non-cunsumptive resource use such as bee-keeping. The forest in the South-East corner of Shimoni is under no formal designation, instead it is being divided in to plots and allocted to private ownership, hence the alarming rate of land clearance for development we are now seeing. As we understand it, an area of forest would be designated for conservation and management of it handed over to Friends of Shimoni Forest which we hope would be legally binding, although ownership, in terms of title deeds, would not necessarily be part of the process. Certainly it would be exceptionally helpful to find out more about how similar processes have be undertaken in other areas, such as the Ngong Road Forest Trust. Hi Paula, it is definitely a very exciting prospect for all of us working with GVI Kenya and Friends of Shimoni Forest. The designation of land within the forest for conservation will also provide a secure platform for community-based eco-tourism, reforestation and non-cunsumptive resource use such as bee-keeping.

The forest in the South-East corner of Shimoni is under no formal designation, instead it is being divided in to plots and allocted to private ownership, hence the alarming rate of land clearance for development we are now seeing. As we understand it, an area of forest would be designated for conservation and management of it handed over to Friends of Shimoni Forest which we hope would be legally binding, although ownership, in terms of title deeds, would not necessarily be part of the process.

Certainly it would be exceptionally helpful to find out more about how similar processes have be undertaken in other areas, such as the Ngong Road Forest Trust.

]]> By: paula http://gvikenya.wildlifedirect.org/2009/04/22/land-to-be-allocated-to-friends-of-shimoni-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-339 paula Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:22:26 +0000 http://gvikenya.wildlifedirect.org/2009/04/22/land-to-be-allocated-to-friends-of-shimoni-forest/#comment-339 This is a very interesting and wonderful development. We would like to know more about it as we can help to leverage funds for protection if you can swing a legally binding agreement. What powers will you have if someone 'buys' a patch, or starts logging etc? Is Shimoni a national forest - if so you could form a Forest Conservation Committee. If not you may need to establish a Trust like the Ngong Road Forest Trust which manages the largest Forest patch in Nairobi (almost 500 ha). Let me know if there is anything we can do to help. This is a very interesting and wonderful development. We would like to know more about it as we can help to leverage funds for protection if you can swing a legally binding agreement. What powers will you have if someone ‘buys’ a patch, or starts logging etc? Is Shimoni a national forest – if so you could form a Forest Conservation Committee. If not you may need to establish a Trust like the Ngong Road Forest Trust which manages the largest Forest patch in Nairobi (almost 500 ha).

Let me know if there is anything we can do to help.

]]> By: Mayer - NY http://gvikenya.wildlifedirect.org/2009/04/22/land-to-be-allocated-to-friends-of-shimoni-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Mayer - NY Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:19:31 +0000 http://gvikenya.wildlifedirect.org/2009/04/22/land-to-be-allocated-to-friends-of-shimoni-forest/#comment-340 CONGRATULATIONS! This is so exciting and inspiring! It's a lesson to all of us to keep up a dialogue with our local representatives, wherever we are in the world, to make change happen. Good luck - you are fighting the good fight! CONGRATULATIONS! This is so exciting and inspiring! It’s a lesson to all of us to keep up a dialogue with our local representatives, wherever we are in the world, to make change happen. Good luck – you are fighting the good fight!

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