... efforts will fail to achieve conservation goals. Mount Kenya Forest covers an area of over 200,000 ha, lying on the slopes of Mount Kenya (5,199 m) in the central highlands of Kenya. The forest was gazetted as a reserve by the government in 1932. It consists of over 50,000 ha of indigenous forest cover and open grasslands, moorlands and scrub. As well as forming one of the largest contiguous blocks of indigenous forest in the country, Mount Kenya Forest has exceptional value in biodiversity terms. It contains diverse vegetation including several endemic afro-alpine plant species, and provides habitat to a wide range of fauna including four endemic bird species and four rare mammal species. It also forms one of the major water catchment areas in Kenya, from which the Tana and Ewaso Nyiro rivers rise. Population is high and dense in the area around Mount Kenya Forest. There are more than 30,000 ...

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