Nature Kenya work with Community Forest Associations (CFAs) who raise their own seedlings with training and support from government organisations. CFA members are also responsible for the monitoring and maintenance tasks that are essential for the seedlings’ survival.

Mount Kenya is one of Kenya’s five main “water towers” as well as a Key Biodiversity Area home to 150 near-endemic plant species, 2,000-3,000 elephants, and hundreds more species. This project has also restored 33 acres in the nearby Aberdare Mountains, which provides further habitat for the Critically Endangered Mountain Bongo. Mount Kenya was also once home to Eastern Black Rhino, though none have been seen here in almost a decade.