Ministry of Environment Natural Resources and Regional Development Authorities PO Box 30126, Nairobi 00100, Kenya Tel: +254 20 2730808/9 Fax: +254 20 2734722 http://www.environment.go.ke Kenya’s Natural Capital: A Biodiversity Atlas. The Ministry of Environment Natural Resources and Regional Development Authorities convened an international conference in 2010 to celebrate the United Nations International Year of Biodiversity. Titled, Biodiversity, Land Use and Climate Change, the conference showed the Kenya–Tanzania borderlands to be the richest site for vertebrate diversity in Africa and among the most important worldwide. The conference called for a fuller assessment of Kenya’s biodiversity as the basis for sustainable development and conservation planning. Kenya’s Natural Capital: A Biodiversity Atlas is a national endeavor commissioned by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources to document the natural wealth of Kenya. The atlas maps Kenya's biodiversity, explains the richness of its ecosystems, looks at the status and threats of Kenya's biodiversity and assesses the ecosystem services provided by nature’s capital. The atlas concludes by outlining the vision and strategy needed for Kenya to incorporate natural capital as a foundation of a sustainable development, along with the economic and political pillars on which Vision 2030 is founded. The atlas oers Kenyans in all walks an illustrated guide to the wealth and importance of its rich biological heritage and lays the foundation for the conservation and sustainable use of the nation’s natural capital. © 2015, Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Regional Development Authorities Ministry of Environment Natural Resources and Regional Development Authorities KENYA’S NATURAL CAPITAL A BIODIVERSITY ATLAS Kenya's Natural Capital: A Biodiversity Atlas Copyright @2015, Ministry of Environment Natural Resources and Regional Developement Authorities, Kenya This publication may be produced in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-profit purposes without special permission from the copyright holder, provided acknowledgement of the source is made. The Ministry of Environment Natural Resources and Regional Developement Authorities (MENRRDA) would appreciate receiving a copy of any publication that uses this report as a source. 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We regret any errors or omissions that may have been unwittingly made. ii Kenya's Natural Capital: A Biodiversity Atlas KENYA’S NATURAL CAPITAL A BIODIVERSITY ATLAS MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT NATURAL RESOURCES AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE AND REGIONAL DEVELOPEMENT AUTHORITIES Kenya's Natural Capital: A Biodiversity Atlas ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT hishis Atlas Atlas is theis the result result of theof the contributions contributions of many of many institutions, institutions, organizations organizations and andindividuals. individuals. The MinistryThe Ministry of Environment of Environment Natural Natural Resources Resources and Regional and TDevelopmentRegional Development Authorities isAuthorities indebted to is theindebted many institutionsto the many and institutions persons that and contributedpersons that with contributed great enthusiasm with great to enthusiasmthe accomplishment to the accomplishment of the task. The Tpolicyof and the technical task. The coordinators policy and technical of the exercise contributions led by the from Cabinet the Ministry Secretary were who led worked by the tirelessly Cabinet toSecretary ensure alland the the necessary senior staff policy whose and effortstechnical are inputs were availedacknowledged in a timely and and greatly efficient appreciated. manner are greatly appreciated. The Ministry extends its gratitude to the African Conservation Centre under the leadership of Dr. David Western for an outstanding job in not only putting The Ministry extends its gratitude to the African Conservation Centre under the leadership of Dr. David Western for an outstanding job in not only putting together a consortium of experts but also guiding the process on a day-to-day basis as well. together a consortium of experts but also guiding the process on a day-to-day basis as well. In addition, the Government of Kenya acknowledges the generous financial and technical support by the Government of Denmark through the Natural InResource addition, Management the Government Programme of Kenya funded acknowledges by DANIDA the through generous the financial Royal Danish and technical Embassy support in Nairobi. by the Government of Denmark through the Natural Resource Management Programme funded by DANIDA through the Royal Danish Embassy in Nairobi. This work would not have been actualized without the dedicated efforts of the lead authors and all contributors. The editors, designers and all the others Thiswho workcontributed would not in one have way been or actualizedanother are without deeply the appreciated. dedicated efforts of the lead authors and all contributors. The editors, designers and all the others who contributed in one way or another are deeply appreciated. •MInistry•• ••••• LeadershipLeadership OtherAfrican Contributors: Conservation Centre United Nations Environment Programme Dr. Richard L. Lesiyampe PhD, MBS, L. Teko, MBSMBS, AfricanBenson Conservation Maina Centre HenryWorld NdedeWildlife Fund Ali Mohamed BensonCharles MainaWafula Noah Sitati Team Leader and Principal Writer CharlesJames Wanjau Wafula World Wildlife Fund TeamDr. David Leader Western, and Principal African Conservation Writer Centre JamesJeff Worden Wanjau NoahICRISAT Sitati Dr. David Western, African Conservation Centre JeffJulius Worden Muriuki Joyce Jefwa Project Coordinator JuliusPreetika Muriuki Bhanderi ICRISAT Lucy Waruingi, African Conservation Centre Umulqer Adam Green Belt Movement Project Coordinator Preetika Bhanderi Joyce Jefwa Lucy Waruingi, African Conservation Centre UmulqerVictor Mose Adam Peter Ndunda Technical Coordination Victor Mose Green Belt Movement TechnicalRichard J. Mwendandu,Coordination MEWNR Ministry of Environment Natural Resources and Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz Peter Ndunda RichardParkinson J. Mwendandu, Ndonye, MEWNR MEWNR MinistryRegional of Development Environment Authorities Natural Resources and Viola Clausnitzer ParkinsonStella Simiyu, Ndonye, MEWNR MEWNR RegionalDr. Alice Kaudia Development Authorities Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Gˆ rlitz StellaIsabella Simiyu, Masinde, MEWNR DANIDA Dr.Gideon Alice Gathaara Kaudia COORDINATING INSTITUTION Viola Clausnitzer Isabella Masinde, DANIDA GideonJ. M. Kimani Gathaara African Conservation Centre (ACC) Lead Authors: J.Cyrus M. Kimani Mageria COORDINATING INSTITUTION LeadDr. David Authors: Western, ACC CyrusNaftali Mageria Ndugire INSTITUTIONAL COLLABORATORS Dr.Charles David Musyoki, Western, KWS ACC NaftaliDavid Adegu Ndugire AfricanKenya Wildlife Conservation Service Centre (ACC) CharlesDr. Evans Musyoki, Mwangi, KWS UoN DavidLawrence Adegu Marube Department of Resource Surveys and Remote Dr. GeoffreyEvans Mwangi, Mwachala, UoN NMK LawrenceDan K. Marangu Marube INSTITUTIONALSensing, COLLABORATORS Dr. MohammedGeoffrey Mwachala, Said, ILRI NMK Dan K. Marangu KenyaRegional Wildlife Centre Service for Mapping and Resources for Dr. PatrickMohammed Wargute, Said, DRSRS ILRI Ministry of State for Planning, National DepartmentDevelopment of Resource Surveys and Remote Dr. PaulPatrick Matiku, Wargute, Nature DRSRS Kenya MinistryDevelopment of State and for Vision Planning, 2030 National Sensing,University of Nairobi Dr.Florence Paul Matiku, Landsberg, Nature WRI Kenya DevelopmentBen Okumu and Vision 2030 RegionalUniversity Centre of York for Mapping and Resources for FlorenceErick Kamala, Landsberg, RCMRD WRI Samson Wasao DevelopmentInternational Livestock Research Institute Ben Okumu Nature Kenya Erick Kamala, RCMRD Samson Wasao University of Nairobi Co-Authors Kenya Wildlife Service UniversityNational Museums of York of Kenya Lucy Waruingi, ACC Samuel Kasiki Birdlife International Co-Authors Kenya Wildlife Service