Africa

Mt Elgon Integrated Conservation and Development Project sponsored this workshop on integrated natural resources management planning for the Mt Elgon ecosystem at the Kitale Museum from 6th to 10th September 1999. Fifty seven people drawn from a range of stakeholders in the Mt Elgon ecosystem participated in the workshop. The purposes of the workshop were:

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Tourism and travel is the world's largest industry. It employs a tenth of the world's workforce and has an output of US $3.4 trillion. Mountains once visited only by climbers and pilgrims, have not escaped the tourist crowds. Today tourism forms the basis of the economy of many mountain regions, with uncertain consequences.

The era of mass tourism in the mountains...

Mount Kenya is situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya. The national park includes all land above 10,500 feet (3,200m) and two salient, Sirimon and Naro Moru, which reach further down. The park is 715 km2 and it was gazetted a national park in 1949. The surrounding forest reserves add another 1,820 km2 of protected area, making Mount Kenya the largest area of natural forest in the country....

This report is based on the external evaluation of the Mount Elgon Integrated Conservation and Development Project carried out from 29 January to 16 February 2001 by a team of three independent consultants. The evaluation included interviews at the national level and a field visit to the project area of nine days. The report explores the context in which the project is carried out, and...