SITE SUPPORT GROUPS (Ssgs)

CONSERVATION OF KENYA’S KBAs

SITE SUPPORT GROUPS (SSGs) are community-based organisations of local people working for conservation and sustainable development in SITE SUPPORT GROUPS and around a Key Biodiversity Area (KBA). The KBAs IN KENYA’S KBAs in Kenya were ﬁrst identiﬁed as IBAs (Important 1. Dawida Biodiversity Conservation Group Bird Areas). Site support groups help Nature Taita Hills forests KBA 2. Mida Creek Conservation and Awareness Kenya to engage with communities Group - Mida Creek KBA living adjacent to KBAs. 3. Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Adjacent Dwellers Association - Arabuko-Sokoke Forest KBA 4. Sabaki River Baobab Group Sabaki River Mouth KBA 5. Dakatcha Woodland Conservation Group Dakatcha Woodland KBA 6. Tana Delta Conservation Network R E IV R LAKE TURKANA MOYALE L Tana River Delta KBA L

W 7. Mumoni Site Support Group K

U LODWAR T Mumoni Hills Forest KBA MT. KULAL 8. Mutitu Site Support Group Mutitu Forest KBA 9. Kijabe Environment Volunteers Organization MARSABIT R E IV Kikuyu Escarpment Forest KBA R IO R 10. Lake Naivasha Biodiversity Conservation E K Group - Lake Naivasha KBA 11. Friends of Kinangop Plateau Kinangop Grasslands KBA

ER MARALAL IV 12. Mukurwe-ini Environmental Volunteers R WAJIR IRO NY SO Organization - CHERENGANI HILLS UA Mukurwe-ini valleys KBA MT. ELGON 25 13. Lake Elementaita Ecosystem Group KITALE LAKE BARINGO Lake Elementeita KBA 14. Mt. Kenya Biodiversity Conservation Group 22 ELDORET Mt. Kenya KBA 23 24 15. Nyahururu Bird Club 21 KAKAMEGA LAKE BOGORIA - Lake Ol’ Bolossat KBA NANYUKI MERU 16. Friends of Masai Mara - Maasai Mara KBA

MT. KENYA 17. Ruma Park Site Support Group 20 15 18 19 KISUMU Ruma National Park KBA ABERDARE RANGENYERI GARISSA LAKE VICTORIA 14 18. Yala Ecosystem Site Support Group KERICHO 13 LAKE NAKURU NAKURU Yala Swamp Complex KBA

T A LAKE NAIVASHA N 17 A 19. Dunga Swamp Site Support Group

KISII 10 12 8 R R I E 11 V E IV Dunga Swamp KBA NAIVASHA THIKA R R A R A 20. South Nandi Biodiversity Conservation Group M 9 NAROK NAIROBI South Nandi Forest KBA

A 16 T H 21. Busia Environment Conservation Education I

G 7 MACHAKOS A L Programme - Busia grasslands KBA A N A

- 22. Kakamega Environmental Education

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B LAKE MAGADI A Programme - Kakamega Forest KBA K I

R I 23. Murguiywet CBO MAGADI V - North Nandi Forest KBA E LAMU R GARSEN KEY 6 24. Friends of Nature Bogoria City/Town NAMANGA Lake Bogoria KBA CHYULU HILLS 25. Chebororwa Sekemiat Self-help Group Mountain 5 Cherangani Hills KBA Range/Hills 4 National Parks 3 MALINDI National Reserves TAVETA VOI 1 Through SSGs, Nature Kenya TAITA HILLS 2 National Marine Parks/Reserves KILIFI has reached over Lakes and rivers MOMBASA

households countrywide

KEY BIODIVERSITY AREAS (KBAs) are sites of global biodiversity conservation importance that are chosen using internationally agreed, objective, quantitative and scientiﬁcally defensible criteria.

SITE SUPPORT GROUPS are engaged in various activities for the conservation of biodiversity

BIODIVERSITY HABITAT AND SPECIES ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY MONITORING SITE RESTORATION PROTECTION AWARENESS & EDUCATION

To improve livelihoods, Nature Kenya, with ﬁnancial support from donors, has initiated various nature based enterprises such as:

Butterﬂy Beekeeping Ecotourism Tree Fish Wool Papyrus farming nurseries farming spinning value addition These activities offer sustainable sources of income for the Site Support Groups.

To ﬁnd out more about Nature Kenya’s engagement with communities visit www.naturekenya.org

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