Project Level Indicators

Outcome 1

Critical forest and mangrove ecosystems in Kwale County are secured for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, while improved safeguards are in place to protect them against impacts from large-scale new economic developments.

Target: at least 6 companies in Kwale County have committed themselves to energy and water efficient technologies and are introducing the first efficient methods.

Target: 30,000 hectares of forest and mangrove ecosystems in protected areas including the Kaya forests and a private ranch are effectively protected

So far 25, 707ha of forest have been secured through effective management. These comprise forests whose management plans are at advanced stage, finalized , approved and forest agreements signed . They include : Shimba hills ecosystem 24,000ha, Gogoni forest 800ha and Dzombo 907ha

Target: Three (3) management plans for two (2) forest areas and a ranch (1) as well as three (3) management plans for mangrove areas have been developed and adopted in Kwale County for at least 24,000 hectares.

Progress: Mangrove Management Plan for Vanga (VAJIKI (Vanga Jimbo Kiwengu) Mangrove Management Area) was finalized and approved. Management plans for Gogoni-Gazi and Dzombo finally approved and launched in July, 2021. Forest Management agreement also signed. There has been good progress on Shimba Hills management plan, the project is also working on two (2) new forest management plans namely : Mrima and Marenje forests.

Management Plans in progress for terrestrial forests (Shimba Hills, Mrima, and Marenje) is 25,880 Ha; in progress for Mangrove forests (Mwache) is 450 Ha; total in progress is 26,330 Ha.

Target: 5,000 ha of forest and 2,000 ha of mangrove has been restored in the target regions of Kwale County (afforestation and natural regeneration).

As of December 2021, a total of 123,100h seedlings ( Mangroves 40,100 while terrestrial forests 83,000) had been planted under IKI project, this is equivalent to 92.7hactares of forest (8.6ha mangroves and 84.1ha Terrestrial forests). Overall survival rate stands at 68%.

Target: 10 institutions are trained and are effectively involved in the management of natural resources

Progress: In the development of the Management Plans so far the following Institutions are involved: Community forest Associations (CFAs) – 5 namely: VAJIKI for Vanga, GOGACOFA for Gogoni/Gasi, DACOFA for Dzombo, SHICOFA for Shimba Hills Ecosystem, and Mwache Marine and forest conservation); Cooperative – 1: South Coast Family Forest Marketing Cooperative Limited ; Private Ranch – 1: Dokata ranch ; CSO – 1: KCNRN; CBO – 1: Council of kaya elders ; Government Institutions – 4: KFS, KWS, KMFRI,KEFRI. (Total 13 institutions are involved).

Outcome 2

Key industries in Kwale have introduced new technologies to improve their energy and water efficiency and implemented further measures to reduce their environmental footprint.

Target: 20 companies are committed to introducing resource-efficient production technologies

The implementation of actual resource use efficiency with the private sector has been slow, as happens with many commercial partners. Though there have been a number of engagements in the trainings for international best standards and practices.

Target: 2 charcoal producers introducing energy efficient technologies

Initial exposure and training for the target groups have been undertaken for charcoal producers. There is interest to introduce energy efficient technologies, but this has not been realized yet. The current challenge is the Government imposed charcoal production ban; which has started to be relaxed but only in selected forest areas - plantations. It is anticipated that the ban will be lifted before the end of the project period; thus preparing the CPAs through this activity will still have positive impacts.

Outcome 3

Ecological and social standards for large investment projects have been improved at national level in the form of an adapted EIA and are increasingly being applied, especially in Kwale County, but also nationally.

Target: improved national guidelines for environmental impact assessments through incorporation of best practices

Supporting Documents:

The initial steps of having NEMA staff trained and understanding International Best Practices (IBP). This was done in 2019. Additional training is planned to create a critical mass of trained staff. The planned training will involve best practices on decommissioning of mining sites. This is intended to drive the standards for decommissioning starting with Base Titanium.

Outcome 4

An effective knowledge, communication and project management as well as a system for monitoring project results and impacts is established

Target: A system for monitoring the status of forest baseline and comparison after project implementation in the target region is in place. This includes 2 survey tools, 1 database and 1 dashboard.

Survey tools and geo-spatial dashboards are being created to improve and enhance data collection, and accurately monitor restoration efforts.

We have developed a mobile-based application to collect the exact location of planted areas. The form being used to collect this data is here.

The outputs from the spatial assessments of forest cover, change and regeneration are on the forest monitoring page.

Progress: An IKI Field monitoring tool kit to ground truth, collect, validate and report forest restoration initiatives under the project was developed and is currently in use during the bi-annual field monitoring exercise. The project also developed an IKI afforestation monitoring dashboard to monitor restoration progress.

Target: Communication materials for dissemination in Germany, Kenya and International have been produced. These include 1 brochure and 1 video

These outputs are on the Library page.