{"id":103532,"date":"2024-11-27T12:07:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T12:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/11\/27\/kfs-im-foundation-begin-fencing-ngong-road-forest\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T12:07:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T12:07:51","slug":"kfs-im-foundation-begin-fencing-ngong-road-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kfs-im-foundation-begin-fencing-ngong-road-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"KFS, I&amp;M Foundation begin fencing Ngong Road Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Kenya Forest Service has kicked off construction of an an electric fence around the Sanctuary Block of Ngong Road Forest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Through the support of I&amp;M Foundation, KFS says construction of the electric fence will fence off 14.2km perimeter of the block with completion set for April 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Ngong Road Forest was gazetted in 1932 through proclamation No. 44 and subsequently designated a<br \/>\nCentral Government Forest Reserve in 1964 through legal notice No. 174.<\/p>\n<p>It covers an area of 1,224.4 Ha comprising of 886.72 Ha of natural, and 337.68 Ha of plantation forests. It is<br \/>\nsegmented into five administrative units namely Miotoni, Lenana, Karen, Sanctuary and<br \/>\nBomas Blocks.<\/p>\n<p>The Sanctuary Block is the largest block covering 695.3 hectares mainly constitutes<br \/>\nshrubs, grasslands, and scattered plantations of Eucalyptus species.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a safeguard for effective and efficient fence management, a six-meter-wide path will be created along the<br \/>\n14.2-Kilometer perimeter,\u201d said KFS.<\/p>\n<p>The forest is managed in partnership with the Community Forest Association, who<br \/>\ntogether with the Service generate a Participatory Forest Management Plan. The current<br \/>\nparticipatory management plan provides fencing as a key intervention in consolidating forest<br \/>\nconservation and protection gains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForest fencing has numerous benefits to forests and the people that depend on them. It<br \/>\nconstitutes a management approach that improves forest protection, spurs natural<br \/>\nregeneration and provides controlled access to forests for adjacent communities and visitors.<br \/>\nFurthermore, fencing protects fragile ecosystems and improves the micro-climate,\u201d added KFS.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to supporting construction of the electric fence around the Sanctuary Block, I&amp;M<br \/>\nFoundation will also support construction of rangers\u2019 houses, a rangers\u2019 outpost, and<br \/>\nwashroom blocks. The Foundation has also committed to rehabilitate 40 Hectares within the<br \/>\nSanctuary Block.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.ke\/kfs-im-foundation-begin-fencing-ngong-road-forest\/\">KFS, I&amp;M Foundation begin fencing Ngong Road Forest<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kenya Forest Service has kicked off construction of an an electric fence around the Sanctuary Block of Ngong Road Forest. Through the support of I&amp;M Foundation, KFS says construction of the electric fence will fence off 14.2km perimeter of the block with completion set for April 2025. Ngong Road Forest was gazetted in 1932 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}