The overall objective of this project was improved livelihoods and ecosystems resilience to impacts of refugees and climate change in refugee hosting landscapes. The project contributed to; a) restoring degraded forests, wetlands, savannah woodlands and other fragile ecosystems impacted by human activities in refugee hosting districts, c) supporting landowners in host communities to establish agro-forestry enterprises and adapt Sustainable Land Management (SLM) practices and c) building capacity of Local Governments (LG), Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), private sector companies and local communities for effective uptake of climate change mitigation and environmental conservation measures.
ECO conducted the following standalone components with exceptional results; restored 586 ha of degraded woodlands exceeding the project target of 582 ha through indigenous tree planting, established 191ha of woodlots exceeding targeted 182 ha, installed 600 Kenya Top Bar (KTB) beehives and established 141ha target for Sustainable Land Management/ Climate Smart Agriculture /Agroforestry on individual farms.
