The Role of Development Partners in Kenya’s Landscape Restoration Towards Vision 2030

Abstract

Despite 80% of Kenya being arid and semi-arid (ASAL), much of the arable land is heavily degraded. The drop in Kenya’s forest cover from 10% to about 6.6% by 2008, prompted interventions to improve forest and tree cover. Grounded in Kenya’s Vision 2030, interventions are geared towards achieving Kenya’s Nationally Determined Commitments (NDC) and addressing effects of climate change effects. This Chapter examined The Role of Development Partners in Kenya’s Landscape Restoration Towards Vision 2030. World Vision and CIFOR-ICRAF initiated Regreening Africa Project to scale efforts towards increasing Kenya’s forest cover to 10% and restoring 5.1 Million hectares of degraded land by 2030 under the AFR 100 and the Bonn Challenge. Funded by the European Union, the Project sought to improve resilience of 500,000 smallholder households and restoring 1 Million hectares of degraded land by 2021 across 8 African countries. In Kenya, The Project worked in 9 counties, initiating a Kenya National Landscape Restoration Scaling Movement. In conclusion, climate change mitigation and adaptation measures should be promoted and developed countries compelled to compensate developing countries and allocate more funding for carbon credits. The current landscape restoration and climate change adaptation efforts should be enhanced and sustained.