Climatelinks Photo Gallery

In the arid regions of northern Kenya, groundwater boreholes are providing increased climate resilience and water security. In this picture, local communities access water from solar powered borehole systems funded by USAID.

Aerial tree seeding using biochar seedballs during anti-poaching patrols near the Maasai Mara Kenya. Sept. 2018

We have been working with Mara Elephant Program to piggy back tree seed distribution onto their existing work plans to help rehabilitate areas devastated by illegal logging and charcoal burning.

Working with USAID PREPARED Project Kenya.

Cookswell Jikos Ltd.

Nov. 2018

Kenya

Aerial tree seeding proof of concept for forest restoration on scale in Mau Narok forest. Loading the seeds into the hopper.

To assist the Kenya Water Tower Climate Change Resilience Program.

Planting millions of trees as fast as possible and as in a most cost effective way is critical to protecting East Africa against climate change shocks.

KEFRI, County Council of Narok, KFS and Seedballs Kenya. Aircraft, fuel and pilots time kindly donated by Farmland Aviation

Aerial tree seeding proof of concept for forest restoration on scale in Mau Narok forest.

Loading the tree seeds into the Air Tractor.

Planting millions of trees as fast as possible and as in a most cost effective way is critical to protecting East Africa against climate change shocks.

KEFRI, County Council of Narok, KFS and Seedballs Kenya. Aircraft, fuel and pilots time kindly donated by Farmland Aviation

To assist the Kenya Water Tower Climate Change Resilience Program.

Kajiado, Kenya Aug 2018

Many thanks to Mrs. Gai Cullen from The Permaculture Research Institute of Kenya for flying and providing the research area and many thanks as well to Ms. Natalie Topa for organizing the tree (acacia xanthopholea) and grass (enteropogon macrostachyus and cenchrus ciliaris) biochar seedballs for this test in Athi River.

To test a few various ways of dropping the seedballs we used a KitFox recreational aircraft - (0.5hours flight time at 70$ running cost per hour) to drop 30kgs of seedballs (appx. 15,000seeds) along a 200 meter or so stretch on the top ridge of a new dam that was recently built on the farm.

This method shows good potential for targeted restoration for areas in the drylands where intense charcoal making/bush clearing has occurred especially around hard to reach low altitude hills.

We will continue researching costs and best practices for this type of aerial seed application and we will follow up on this site in 6 months to a year depending on rains to see whats grown.