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A Grand Leap Forward for the Chyulu Hills Redd+ Project
Wildlife Works has completed Project Design Document for the new proposed REDD+ project in the Chyulu Hills! The Chyulu Hills REDD+ Project (CHRP) is a multi-partner initiative designed to promote climate change mitigation and adaptation, restore biodiversity and create alternative livelihoods under the United Nation scheme of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+). It is located in the Tsavo-Amboseli ecosystem, southeastern Kenya and stretches over an area of 410,533.84 ha. Its main geographic feature is the volcanic Chyulu Hills mountain range, from which the project derives its name. The Project Area comprises a great diversity of ecosystems, ranging from montane cloud forests to grassland savannah. A large variety…