Effects of Community Participation in the Restoration of Rumuruti Forest in Laikipia County, Kenya

Reforestation is a concerted effort to discover forest formation, biodiversity, and ecosystem practices through tree planting. There drive by international organizations reclaim about 150 million ha of degraded forests 2030. The Rumuruti Forest located in the Laikipia County Kenya. It unique biodiverse renowned for its high density large mammals, including elephants, lions, leopards, rhinoceroses. home several rare species, such as upright-horned antelope, black-faced vervet monkey, yellow-necked spurfowl. an expansive 15,378-acre County, These benefits had been offset rapid habitat loss degradation despite efforts Kenyan government restore well maintain this resource. Besides, previous restoration attempts ineffective, indicated widespread withering recently planted seedlings, resulting doubling replanting operations. A descriptive research design was applied describe current state variables that could be identified. study's specific objective investigate potential socio-economic community members. Research took place town, 40 km due North Nyahururu. geographical coordinates town are 0.25996°N, 36.53633°E, with population 31649 people. target study 4,800 sample size 139 households. concluded considerably more eager work NGOs contribute forest. desired involved operations, planting, tendering, protection. As result, effective processes were put maximize achieve optimal regeneration