By Anthony Mugo
The Arid Lands Information Network
(ALIN) is pleased to present the first issue of Laikipia Mali Asili newsletter.
Contributors to this Newsletter are mainly partners working in Laikipia County
under a project sponsored by United Nations Development Program under its
Global Environment Facility Small Grants Program (UNDP GEF SGP).
Production of the newsletter is
coordinated by ALIN. One of the key approaches being used to conserve
biodiversity in Laikipia County is to promote the cultivation of forest trees
that bear useful products for humans and animals.
One such tree is Tea tree, whose
production is being promoted by the Kenya Organic Agriculture Network (KOAN)
within the environs of Nanyuki Municipality. Noah Lusaka’s feature on this subject
sheds light on Tea tree cultivation.
In this inaugural issue of Laikipia
Mali Asili, we have carried brief reports about organizations working in
partnership with UNDP GEF SGP and the main activities in which they are
engaged. Laikipia Mali Asili will be one of the main platforms through which
these projects will be sharing information and learning.
For the children, a Children’s Corner
has been set aside. Read powerful poems and other contributions by children who
have shown amazing commitment towards caring for the environment. We welcome your feedback in form of Letters to
the Editor.
The next issue of Laikipia Mali Asili
will focus on the theme Water Resources and Sustainable Land Management. Degradation
of the environment particularly deforestation leads to destruction of water
catchment sites.
Laikipia Mali Asili welcomes articles
on this topic and other material such as cartoons, puzzles, crosswords, poems
and jokes. Articles should be no more than 600 words. They should be accompanied
by good pictures of at least 3 MB in Jpeg format and with descriptive captions.
Send contributions to laikipiamaliasili@alin.net and copy to elungahi@alin.net.
You can download a copy of Laikipia
Mali Asili here.
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