October 3, 2011 - Brazilian Cooperation Agency team visits the Mau towards identifying areas of potential cooperation
 A technical team from the Brazilian Cooperation Agency is visiting various areas in the Mau Forests Complex and in the Aberdares towards identifying potential cooperation in the area of natural resources management.
During a week-long programme the team will meet with Water Resources Users Associations in the catchments of Lake Nakuru and Lake Naivasha. The team will also meet with forest- dwelling communities, in particular the Ogiek, fence-adjacent communities in the Aberdares and Community Forest Associations.
August 12, 2011 – Work plan for the water towers adopted by the National Water Towers Management Committee
The National Water Towers Management Committee adopted the first work plan for the Water Towers Conservation Fund, following a two-day workshop held on 11-12 August. The work plan lays out the key activities to be implemented in 2011-2012 towards achieving the strategic objectives of the Fund.
July 5, 2011 - New public-private partnership explores the potential of bamboo for promoting sustainable rural development
The Mau Secretariat and the African Wildlife Foundation have organized a workshop with all key stakeholders, as well as Dr. Lou Yiping, from the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR), China, to explore the possibility of using bamboo to rehabilitate water catchment areas and develop a new stream of income-generating activities in rural poor areas.
May 11, 2011 - New Fund to conserve all the water towers officially launched
Today, the Water Towers Conservation Fund was officially launched. The event was attended by several Cabinet Ministers, Ambassadors, Permanent Secretaries, representatives of the civil society and the private sector. The objective of the Fund is to provide funding for the restoration, conservation and sustainable management of Kenya water towers, in an equitable, efficient and transparent manner towards securing environmental stability, economic development and human well-being.
May 6, 2011 - Rehabilitation of Enderit Forest kick-started with the planting of over 25,000 trees
African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) kick-started the restoration programme in Enderit Block, Eastern Mau Forest Reserve, by planting over 25,000 trees jointly with the Interim Coordinating Secretariat, Kenya Wildlife Service and Kenya Forest Service. The tree planting exercise was graced by communities, public institutions and the private sector with a view to taking advantage of the ongoing rains. This exercise is a follow-up on the National Tree Planting exercise launched by the Minister of Forestry and Wildlife, Hon. Dr. Noah Wekesa last month.
March 4, 2011 – WWF enters into collaboration agreement with KFS to assist rehabilitate Transmara Forest Reserve
 World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) - Kenya Country Office (KCO) signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kenya Forest Service to assist in the rehabilitation process of Transmara Forest Reserve.
Under this collaboration agreement, WWF-KCO undertakes to mobilize funds and resources required for the development of a Participatory Management Plan for Transmara Forest Reserve as well as to assist local Community Forest Associations (CFA) in the implementation of annual workplans as prescribed in the Participatory Management Plan.
February 23, 2011 - EU announced its support to the restoration of the Mau Forest ecosystem
A multi-million Euro project to assist in the restoration of the north western part of the Mau Forests Complex was announced by the EU, UNEP and the Government of Kenya today. The project, details of which were unveiled during the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum, will secure services generated by the flows of the Yala and Nyando rivers. These rivers, which feed Lake Victoria and are important for drinking water, also support 5,000 hectares of rice production important for local food security and the Kenyan economy.
November 25, 2010 - Launch of the rehabilitation of Lake Nakuru watersheds
The Interim Coordinating Secretariat (ICS), the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources (MEMR), the Water Resources Management Authority (WRMA) and three Water Resources Users Associations (WRUAs) have today launched the rehabilitation and conservation of the watersheds of Makalia, Naishi, Nderit and Njoro rivers. Rivers Makalia, Naishi, Nderit and Njoro originate from the Mau Escarpment, in particular Eastern Mau Forest Reserve. They then navigate through small-scale and large-scale farming areas and eventually drain into Lake Nakuru.
November 24, 2010 – Miss World from Egypt, Southern Sudan and Kenya plant trees in Mau in support of the rehabilitation of the Nile River upper catchment
Ms. Samah Shalaby (Miss Egypt, 2009), Ms. Susan Ajaa Alak (Miss Southern Sudan, 2010) and Ms. Fiona Konchela (Miss World Kenya, 2009) planted trees today in Eburu Forest Reserve to express the support by the youth and the Nile Basin states to the rehabilitation of the Mau Forests Complex.
The event was organized jointly by the Interim Coordinating Secretariat and Save the Mau Fund. Members of the local communities joined the event in large number.
November 12, 2010 – Save the Mau Fund embarked into massive tree planting to rehabilitate Eburu Forest
Save the Mau Fund planted tens of thousands tree seedlings in Eburu Forest as part of their commitment to rehabilitate 1000 hectares of degraded forest.
Save the Mau Fund, which comprises East African Breweries Ltd, Equity Bank, Nation Media Group, Kenya Wildlife Service and GreenBelt Movement, has earlier committed a minimum of Kshs50 million in support to the rehabilitation of the Mau Forests Complex. Over the last few months, the Fund has negotiated a Memorandum of Understanding with the Kenya Forests Service to “adopt” Eburu Forest. This is one of the outcomes of the forest adoption programme that was launched earlier this year by the Interim Coordinating Secretariat.
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A new three-year intervention to rehabilitate the Northern Mau Forest at the cost of Euro €2.3 million is set to deliver multiple benefits for Kenya and the region. These range from the restoration of vital water catchments and the establishment of payments for environmental services; to improving the livelihoods of local communities and monitoring carbon storage in the Mau Forest.
