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By Patrick Kalas and Federica Matteucci, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
More than one hundred stakeholders recently gathered in the town of Kitale in northwestern Kenya for the first multi-stakeholder workshop to support the development of the Mount Elgon Ecosystem Management Plan. The four-day workshop was convened under the seventh Global Environment Facility (GEF) funding replenishment cycle, known as GEF 7, project, “Integrated Landscape Management for Conservation and Restoration of the Mount Elgon Ecosystem in Western Kenya”.
Directly implemented by the Kenya Forest Service and the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, the intervention is part of the Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration (FOLUR) Impact Programme, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and led by the World Bank, with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as a core executing partner (Global Knowledge to Action Platform) and implementing agency (national, country project), providing technical support including through the piloting of the Participatory Informed Landscape Approach (PILA).
The initiative strengthens FAO’s collaboration with national institutions to promote evidence-based and inclusive landscape governance.
The workshop brought together community representatives, county officials, technical experts, researchers, and development partners to advance integrated landscape management across the Mount Elgon Ecosystem.
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[Published on Dec. 10, 2025]
