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Friends of the Mau Watershed  FOMAWA was set up in the year 2000 following the two "El Nino" years in the 1990s which created alarm over the increasing likelihood of serious droughts, (and occasionally serious flooding).It was thought that the decreasing forest cover in the Mau was the cause of many prolems and the primary OBJECTIVE was to persuade the Government to reverse its policies of degazetting forest, and to remove all those who had entered the forest illegally, cut down the forest, planted maize etc, and built houses.    Read  more	Projects                                                                 Government commercial forestry           Much of the Government's commercial forestry land within the mau watershed has been lost having been allocated and titles issued.Hundreds of hectares were felled in the mid 1990s and have not been replanted.In 2002,the Forestry Department did some replanting to a very poor standard.  Read more	FOMAWA is a registered non -profit organisation that is committed to reversing the degradation occurring in the Mau watershed. Read  more Online Resource Center                     Sign up for our Newsletters               Mau forest excision Maps
The Mau  forest, A brief history  The Mau Forest has been the largest indigenous water catchment in Kenya extending to some 400,000ha and is in twenty two separate parts.  While Mt Kenya and the Aberdares are in the public eye the Mau is out of sight and therefore, generally, out of mind.   It may be that for this reason that Kenyans have not appreciated its importance in their lives, and have not therefore objected strongly to the excisions and illegal occupation which have resulted in the loss of so much of the forest cover.Read more	Fomawa's management              The board of fomawa is headed by Richard Muir. Spent forty years with the Tea Company James Finlay (JF) which has large tea estates in Kenya and elsewhere.Read more                         Richard Muir                                   Chairman	External links  www.riftvalleytreetrust.org   Latest News The kenyan government promises action on Mau destruction

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