Maungu Mwatate Industrial Forest Enhance productivity 500 ha of plantation maintained, Maintenance of industrial forest Plantations of industrial forest 500 ha established, Ksh 10 million plantation, Establish industrial Establishment and plantation and increase from sale of timber forest, Survey and Mapping of Management in higher efficiency in wood young plantations, Development of zones utilization for wealth forest management plans, Revenue All wards and employment collection from industrial creation. plantations Forest Administration Improve institutional 8 Foresters,16 Clerical Officers, 48 Recruit County forestry staff, and infrastructure capacity and S/Staff for four nurseries, 20 Improve ICT facilities, Draft All wards infrastructure Forest Extension Agents (one per County forest laws and regulations Ward) and 100 Forest Rangers (two per forest beat) Construction of offices, maintain Rangers Camps Five offices constructed, five camps maintained Procurement of vehicles, Tractors/trailers, motorcycles, Five light vehicles, two trucks, five Truck, office and fire equipment, tractors with trailers, 20 motorcycles Enhance revenue 40 nature based enterprises, 10 License micro enterprises, license Forest Enterprise generation through ecotourism sites communication facilities, License development and sustainable forest ecotourism sites, Collect levies revenue maximization based enterprises, from water companies ecotourism and payment for environmental services Information Develop and 10 stakeholder forums, one Develop forest information system Technology disseminate information system module library module, Stakeholder technologies in forest forums to present new management, on-farm development and investment tree planting, forest opportunities utilization and forest information system Ongoing projects Land Reclamation Project Name/Location Objectives Targets Description of activities Flood mitigation Prevention of 4 Dykes Construction of Dykes in Taveta and voi programme floods to floods constructed flood tone areas and flood control structures in Kijjji All Wards prone areas Village Njukini, Njukini Market, Chumvini market, Boznia (Chala Ward) and Kiwalwa ,Bomani Mbololo and Kaloleni Wards) Construction of canal in Njoro Kubwa outlet Micro-catchment Prevention of 1000 0structures Construction of micro-catchment structures and structures floods and constructed ,500m Gabions Rehabilitation of the following All Wards provide water of Gabions and storage 2000m of COD`s Maribongonyi, Mruru Mose gulley, – – and terraces Ivarenyi Mwatate and Mbilinyi Taita Academy – –
Maungu Mwatate Industrial Forest Plantations Establishment and Management in higher zones All wards Enhance productivity of industrial forest plantation and increase efficiency in wood utilization for wealth and employment creation. 500 ha of plantation maintained, 500 ha established, Ksh 10 million from sale of timber Maintenance of industrial forest plantation, Establish industrial forest, Survey and Mapping of young plantations, Development of forest management plans, Revenue collection from industrial plantations Forest Administration and infrastructure All wards Improve institutional capacity and infrastructure 8 Foresters,16 Clerical Officers, 48 S/Staff for four nurseries, 20 Forest Extension Agents (one per Ward) and 100 Forest Rangers (two per forest beat) Five offices constructed, five camps maintained Five light vehicles, two trucks, five tractors with trailers, 20 motorcycles Recruit County forestry staff, Improve ICT facilities, Draft County forest laws and regulations Construction of offices, maintain Rangers Camps Procurement of vehicles, Tractors/trailers, motorcycles, Truck, office and fire equipment, Forest Enterprise development and revenue maximization Enhance revenue generation through sustainable forest based enterprises, ecotourism and payment for environmental services 40 nature based enterprises, 10 ecotourism sites License micro enterprises, license communication facilities, License ecotourism sites, Collect levies from water companies Information Technology Develop and disseminate technologies in forest management, on-farm tree planting, forest utilization and forest information system 10 stakeholder forums, one information system module Develop forest information system library module, Stakeholder forums to present new development and investment opportunities Ongoing projects Land Reclamation Project Name/Location Objectives Targets Description of activities Flood mitigation programme All Wards Prevention of floods to floods prone areas 4 Dykes constructed Construction of Dykes in Taveta and voi flood tone areas and flood control structures in Kijjji Village Njukini, Njukini Market, Chumvini market, Boznia (Chala Ward) and Kiwalwa ,Bomani Mbololo and Kaloleni Wards) Construction of canal in Njoro Kubwa outlet Micro-catchment structures All Wards Prevention of floods and provide water storage 1000 0structures constructed ,500m of Gabions and 2000m of COD`s and terraces Construction of micro-catchment structures and Gabions Rehabilitation of the following – Maribongonyi, Mruru – Mose gulley, Ivarenyi – Mwatate and Mbilinyi – Taita Academy
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