A proven portfolio spanning forestry, biodiversity, climate assessment, ecotourism, organic agriculture, and community mobilization across Africa.
Portfolio
From certified organic nurseries to climate-resilient agriculture assessments in Namibia — decades of hands-on conservation work, oldest to present.
Protection and ecotourism programme with Nandi County Council: protective rails, bridge, picnic sites, viewpoints, and gate with fee collection. Reduced visitor accidents and created sustainable tourism income.
Partner: Nandi County Council
Strengthened university capacity to address climate change-induced water vulnerabilities across East Africa; identified institutional gaps in climate and water management.
Partner: East African Universities
Mainstreaming Ecological Organic Agriculture into National Policies, Strategies and Programmes in Africa — production, processing, marketing, and policymaking for livelihoods, poverty reduction, and food security.
Designed and established nurseries for grafted high-value mango, macadamia, and avocado seedlings producing approximately 400,000 seedlings annually. Supported over 5,000 organic farmers in Embu, Kirinyaga, and other parts of Kenya.
Partner: Limbua Group Limited (Kenya/Germany)
Developed fire danger maps combining Community Forest Association observations, historical climate trends, and aerial data to model fire hotspots and occurrences for forest managers and communities.
Land surveying, land value indexing, and resettlement action planning along the Lamu Port–South Sudan–Ethiopia Transport Corridor under authorization from the LAPSSET Authority.
Partner: LAPSSET Authority, Office of the President, Kenya
Mobilized over 1,000 smallholder farmers. Socio-economic studies, impact assessments, and participatory evaluations supporting biochar, honey, and sustainable agriculture projects across Kenya.
Partner: SMAP Kenya, Organic Oil Crops Initiative, Vanilla and Beekeeping Programme
Developed a Biodiversity Diagnosis leading to a Biodiversity Plan for sustainable ecosystem management. Protected the ecologically sensitive Mt. Kenya ecosystem, a critical water catchment serving over two million people.
Partner: Rainforest Alliance, Fair for Life, EU Organic certification systems
Worked with the Ogiek community of Mau Forest to document indigenous knowledge on sustainable forest management, beekeeping, honey harvesting, and traditional medicinal practices.
Partner: Ogiek Community, Mau Forest
Climate Resilient Agriculture in three of the Vulnerable Extreme Northern Crop-Growing Regions. Socio-economic surveys, vegetation assessments, and land-cover mapping across Kavango West, Kavango East, and Zambezi Regions.
Partner: Green Climate Fund (EIF), University of Namibia, University of Michigan
Expertise Areas
Large-scale nursery development, grafted seedlings, and community tree planting programmes.
Biodiversity diagnosis, fire danger mapping, vegetation assessment, and land-cover analysis.
Socio-economic studies, participatory evaluations, and farmer capacity building at scale.
Climate finance, organic certification compliance, and national policy mainstreaming.