Piloting Kenya’s Nature-based Solutions Monitoring And Evaluation Framework: Lessons From Chyulu Hills

27 February 2026, Kenya: MoALD in collaboration with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT under the CGIAR Climate Action Science Program , piloted a national NbS monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework in Kenya’s Chyulu Hills to track ecosystem restoration and climate resilience. This was achieved as part of an Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) project, implemented with the support of UNEP-CCC.

Background

Kenya’s rich biodiversity (spanning forests, rangelands, wetlands, and marine ecosystems) is one of the country’s greatest assets, yet is under growing pressure from a convergence of human and environmental stressors. Rapid population growth, unharmonized and weakly enforced cross-border conservation laws, competing land uses, over-exploitation of natural resources, unsustainable recreational activities, and accelerating deforestation are steadily eroding ecosystems and the services they provide. These challenges are further amplified by climate change, which is intensifying environmental degradation, undermining livelihoods, and posing serious risks to Kenya’s socio-economic development and ecological resilience. Nature-based solutions (NbS) are emerging as a powerful and practical pathway for Kenya to confront these intertwined challenges. Increasingly recognized as central to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), NbS offer an integrated response to the triple crisis of biodiversity loss, climate change, and environmental pollution. They have the potential to effectively address diverse challenges such as climate change, food and water insecurity, disaster impacts, and threats to human health and well-being, while reducing environmental degradation and biodiversity loss.

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