Mount Kenya East Pilot Project for Natural Resource Management (MKEPP)

This grant is a fully blended within the IFAD-funded loan entitled, “Mount Kenya East Pilot Project for Natural Resource Management (MKEPP).”The development goal of this grant is to ensure equitable and sustainable use of nature resources for sustainable poverty reduction. The specific environmental objective is to improve conservation; management and sustainable use of biological resources in the protected areas of Mt. Kenya National Park and Forest Reserve while at the same time ensure equitable and sustainable use of natural resources by farmers in the agricultural areas. The intermediate purpose is to involve all stakeholders in improving biodiversity conservation and enhancing management through: (a) support for community-based water resource management along ecological boundaries, (b) implementing measures to address land degradation on community trust lands and farm plots; (c) improving sustainable on-farm food production and promotion of on- and off-farm income-generating activities together with protection from wildlife