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108th AGM 
SPECIAL 
Build Grassroots Capacity and Networks for Nature Conservation 
Local Monitoring and action 
SSGs are carrying out detailed monitoring at 6 sites (Kakamega, Taita, 
Dakatcha, Arabuko-Sokoke, Yala, Dunga) 
• 23 SSGs are involved in Common Bird Monitoring 
• 9 SSGs involved county decision making processes 
• 7 SSGs implementing advocacy strategies 
• 11 SSGs engaged government in their site activities and advocacy 
(Dunga, Yala, Arabuko-Sokoke, Taita, Tana, Mt.Kenya, Bogoria, 
Cherangani, Kinangop, Naivasha, Dakatcha) 
• 26 CFAs from 6 forest IBAsare implementing Forest Management Plans 
(9 CFAs at the coast (Taita 5, Arabuko 3 and Dakatcha 1) and 5 CFAs in 
Mt. Kenya, 3 in Nandi, 4 in Kakamega, 6 in Cherangani 
• 9 SSGs have active environment education programmes 
• Established 2 new Site Support Groups (Ol'Bolossat & Elementaita) - for 
a total of 25 SSGs 
• Increased SSGs membership base to 8,638 (Men 3,625 and women 
5,013) 
• 24,000 adults & 47,000 students reached during World Environment 
Day, World Migratory Bird Day, World Wildlife Day, International Day of 
Forests, and school and community outreach programme in 2017 
• County forum including SSGs convened (Taita, Busia, Siaya, Kilifi) 
Educate young people about nature 
• 33,240 school children visited 9 resource centres across the country 
where they learned about the biodiversity in the Key Biodiversity Areas 
(KBAs) where resource centres are situated 
• Wildlife Clubs of Kenya (WCK), in collaboration with Nature Kenya, 
created awareness about the critically endangered Taita Apalis, 
reaching 419 students and 19 teachers 
Learning about nature at the Nairobi National Museum 
Livelihood Improvement 
• Flousehold income of SSG members increased by an average of 25% in 
the 2017 
■ Earnings by SSGs from nature-based enterprises totaled Ksh 
61,359,660: from Beekeeping (18 SSGs), Tree seedlings (12 SSGs) 
Butterfly farming (Arabuko-Sokoke,Taita & Kakamega), Ecotourism 
(Arabuko-Sokoke, Mida Creek, Dakatcha, Kakamega, Dunga, Mt Kenya), 
Wool spinning products (Kinangop), Papyrus products (Yala), Fish 
farming (Yala,Taita, Dunga), and from Table Banking (sharing savings 
and loans). 
Communication 
• Published 11 issues of Nature Net, annual issue of Kenya Birding 
magazine, annual IBA Status and Trends Report and several brochures. 
• Regular updates posted on NK's website, Facebook and Twitter 
accounts with 12,000 followers, and we are now active on Instagram 
• Weekly Wednesday Morning birdwalks, monthly birding outings and 
weekend camping trips ongoing 
• Participated in the British Bird Fair in August 2017, In collaboration with 
Kenya Tourism Board, promoting Kenya Birding magazine and bird 
tourism in Kenya. 
5. FUNDING ft SUPPORT 
• GolfTournament March 2018 raised funds to restore the water services 
provided by the Mount Kenya forests. 
• Vivo Energy sponsored environmental awareness events in Dakatcha 
Woodland & Kinangop plateau; over 800 community members and 
school children participated; one classroom constructed in Dakatcha 
Woodland; 
Kenya Breweries/East African 
Breweries sponsored the planting 
of 47,000 forest tree seedling 
in Mt. Kenya forest; 5 CFAs and 
1 SSG issued with tree nursery 
implements and assorted tree 
seeds; 50 KBL/EABL staff and over 
230 local community members 
participated in tree planting in Mt. 
Kenya forest 
• Nature Kenya's fundraising 
capacity enhanced, with support 
from Royal Society for the 
Protection of Birds (UK) 
• Collaboration with BirdLife 
Partners across the world 
• Project funders diversified and 
core RSPB core development 
support retained 
• 31 corporate mem bers engaged 
• Efficient programme delivery and 
donor reporting 
THANK YOU to the Board, staff, 
members and partners 
Moon in June brings Eid ul Fitr 
■ g/ r. a / 3 uj&no 
New moon is June 13, likely 
to be seen as a slender 
crescent on the 14th. This 
sighting will usher in the end 
of Ramadhan, a holy month 
in the Islamic calendar. 
The holiday of Eid ul Fitr 
is expected on June 15 or 
16. Other moon phases are: 
June 6 - last quarter; June 
20 - first quarter; June 28 - 
full moon. 
Planets, June 2018 
The planets are brilliant 
in the evening sky - when 
^ t the clouds allow us to see 
-*,2 them! Venus is the bright 
light in the west; Jupiter is 
SI the bright light high in the 
east. Golden Saturn rises in 
the east and is in the sky all 
^ night. Mars rises later in the 
evening and is high in the 
west at dawn. Mars glows 
orange-red and brighter 
than it has in years, as its 
orbit takes it close to the 
earth. In the second half of 
June, the small but bright 
planet Mercury rises above 
the sunset. 
The moon is near Saturn 
on June 1st and 27-28, and 
near Mars on June 3rd and 
30th and July 1st. The new 
crescent moon is near Venus 
on June 16th. 
June stars 
The constellation Leo the 
Lion is high in the west. You 
can imagine the bright star 
Regulus as the heart of the 
lion. From Regulus, a line of 
stars forms a sickle shape, 
like the head and mane of 
a lion. 
Arcturus, a sparkling orange 
star, is high in the north. 
It forms a triangle with 
the blue-white star Spica 
almost overhead, and the 
planet Jupiter in the east. 
The moon is near Regulus on 
June 18, near Spica on the 
22nd, and near Jupiter on 
June 23-24. 
Low in the northwest is the 
constellation of the Plough 
or Big Dipper. Can you see 
this constellation as a dipper 
- a deep, long-handled spoon 
for scooping up water? 
In the south, the beautiful 
constellation of the 
Southern Cross stands 
upright, tilting towards the 
west during the evening. 
Two very bright stars, Alpha 
and Beta Centauri, seem to 
point toward the Southern 
Cross. 
June sun 
June 20 is the solstice, 
when the North Pole is most 
tilted towards the sun. Here 
on the equator, from mid 
March to mid September we 
see the sun traveling across 
the northern part of the sky 
during the day. 
PHOTO: M, KIMATHI 
