In order to constrain increasing human-wildlife conflict and poverty in the Mount Kenya region, fencing Mount Kenya’s National Reserve is of paramount importance.
There are an estimated 2000 elephants that inhabit Mount Kenya today. This population was once able to migrate freely to other habitats in search of important nutrients such as mineral salts. The story is very different now as the boundaries of the National Reserve are densely populated by communities with small-holdings or shambas. As a result, there is a significant and increasing level of human-elephant conflict on the edge of the National Reserve. Elephants raid crops, and in a number of cases cause injury or even death to people protecting their livelihoods.
The Bill Woodley Mount Kenya Trust has successfully assisted in constructing over 110 kilometers of secondary elephant fencing. The BWMKT has identified several additional priority areas on the Natiuonal Reserve boundary.
The Mount Kenya Elephant Corridor
The proposed elephant corridor project will reopen the historical elephant access route between the Ngare Ndare Forest Reserve and the Mount Kenya National Reserve. It seems inevitable that the pressures of human population around the National Reserve boundary will result in Mount Kenya being fenced off over the coming years. In order to mitigate the effects of isolating elephants on the Mountain, which could include destruction of habitat in the long term, the Trust is planning to construct an elephant corridor that would enable movement from the Mount Kenya forests to the safety of the Ngare Ndare Forest Reserve and beyond. We now have funding in place for this project thanks to Virgin Atlantic, the Dutch Government and Safaricom.
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