The Restoration Initiative’s (TRI) in Kenya Tana Delta has worked to facilitate the development of policy, governance, and regulatory frameworks that support coordinated and equitable forest landscape restoration (FLR) and sustainable land management. This includes advising and advocating for almost 20 policies and pieces of legislation, with eight being approved in both Tana River and Lamu Counties. To achieve these supportive policies and regulations, TRI worked to enhance public support for FLR at the national and county level with a robust communications strategy, to mainstream FLR into county budgetary processes through lobbying and advocacy, and to integrate FLR and sustainable land management into policies and planning processes by helping elaborate plans such as the Lamu and Tana River County Integrated Development Plans. The new FLR-supportive policy framework has ultimately brought in greater funding and pushed Kenya towards meeting its restoration goals.  

TRI is a GEF-funded project