Kenya: Forest Landscape Restoration

Author: Violet Matiru
Date Published: May 2002

Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) is a joint initiative of WWF-International and IUCN-The World Conservation Union. FLR is a planned process that aims to regain ecological integrity and enhance human well being in deforested or degraded forest landscapes. 

Key aspects of FRL are that: it focuses on restoring forest functions as opposed to simply increasing tree cover with a particular emphasis on the relationship between various functions within different areas of the Landscape. It also requires informed consensus by stakeholders, resulting in an acceptable balance between increased ecological integrity and enhanced human well being.  This study aims to identify instruments for successful adoption of FLR in Kenya