Multi-species conservation planning of Kenya’s threatened tree species

Project: Ongoing

Funded by: Foundation Franklinia, Darwin Initiative

Project Partner: Kenya Threatened Tree Consortium

With so many tree species at risk of extinction, there is a desperate need to scale up conservation action, whilst also ensuring that actions are still tailored as much as possible to the requirements of individual species. To avoid the duplication of effort and to maximise impact, BGCI is leading in the development of approaches that coordinate and mobilise multi-species conservation at the national level. In Kenya, there are more than 140 threatened tree species, 34 of which are endemic and was piloted as a country to undertaken multi-species conservation planning in 2020.

Project Goals

The goal of this project was to work with the IUCN/SSC Conservation Planning Specialist Group and the Kenya Forest Service, to host a series of online workshops to plan conservation action for Kenya’s threatened trees.

Key Achievements

As a result of the workshops, a Kenya Threatened Trees Consortium has been established to guide and mobilise action for Kenya’s threatened tree species. This is jointly coordinated by the Kenya Forest Service and the BGCI Africa office, who host meetings of consortium members, have set up a website for the initiative and are tracking conservation efforts for each threatened tree species. This approach also facilitates capacity building and sharing of resources, development of joint funding applications and projects, and, so far, more than 50 threatened tree species are covered by the collective action of the group.

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