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10 Proven Strategies to Improve Your Lead Conversion RateThe volunteer members of the Chehe Community Forest Association are playing an active role in protecting forests on the southwestern slopes of Mount Kenya.
The village of Chehe is perched at 2,000 meters above sea level on the slopes of Mount Kenya, 140 kilometers north of the Kenyan capital, NairobiEvergreen stands of pencil cedar and East African yellowwood dominate on the lower slopes of the mountain, below 2,500 m ; giving way to the broader leaves of African onionwood and dense stands of bamboo in higher areas with more rainfall.
A tree hyrax: the forests on Mount Kenya are home to tree hyraxes, mongoose, and black-fronted duikers — more rarely spotted on the mountain’s slopes are leopards and giant forest hogs. Image by Chris 73 viaSince 2009, members of the Chehe Community Forest Association have tried to protect the forest from these threats. Working alongside the Kenya Forest Service , the CFA’s volunteer members, currently more than 700, have restored 43 hectares of forest.
The Chehe forest association is also part of the government’s Plantation Establishment Livelihoods Improvement Scheme . Introduced in 2005, PELIS gives local communities access to land in degraded forests where they can grow crops for themselves alongside seedlings provided by the KFS.
Musyoki manages a seed collection initiative that relies on community members to collect seeds for the various nurseries in the area. “Our success in restoring this forest and protecting it has not been easy. Some officers from Kenya Forest Service, whom we trust to protect the forest, do collaborate with illegal loggers to destroy the forest. But it’s our responsibility as a community to protect this ecosystem and we’ve vowed that will not relent until we achieve our target,” he told Mongabay.
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