 Naikikumita nga nga kukita, vitiye ma metei iha kuka nii maikungunu nalisha, nararesa nii kama nii maikungunu nalisha, naida 70,000 hektarnu karima. Onu kida maikungunu na nararesa, naida nii maikungunu nalisha, maikungunu nalisha na jana nii maikungunu nalisha. Anya maikungunu nalisha nii maikungunu nalisha, uratana kuwa nalisha, under the Kenya Forest and Management Act of 2016. One unique aspect about Mukogodo Forest, even though it is a gazetted forest, the government has allowed the local communities, the indigenous communities to utilize and conserve the forest. There are four main communities surrounding Mukogodo Forest who coexist in harmony, the Ilngwesi, Mokurian, Kukuri and Lerkuk. The four came together to form the Ilmamozi Community Forest Association, and they depend on the forest for pasture, honey, herbal medicine and firewood among other benefits. The community are majorly pasture risked in nature, so the forest provides pasture for the livestock, it also provides watering points for the livestock during that spell when it gets really dry. But this is being threatened by deforestation and land degradation caused by population pressure, overgrazing, chakal burning and other intensive uses of its resources by the communities. Nikola Skodei is a 56-year-old beekeeper in Mukogodo Forest. The father of Eit and a resident of Arjeju Village in Makurian Community shares his frustrations and the challenges that have been facing the forest in recent years. It is for this reason that FAO Kenya with funding from the Global Environment Facility GEF-6 started implementing a restoration initiative in Mukogodo Forest through bioenterprise development and other incentives. The project has got some low line routes in terms of bioenterprises in these areas that we are trying to develop that can incentivize the local communities to continue with the restoration in a more sustainable manner. Efoji to disto the forest began in Anis in the year 2019 with the mobilization of the Ilmamusi Community Forest Association CFE. The next task was to improve the institution's capacity through training and exchange visits. The first year of the FAO funding focused on strengthening the governance of Ilmamusi CFE, the review of their constitution and training of the newly elected management committee. The next significant step in the forest restoration by the Ilmamusi Group was the formation of six user groups in each conservancy to manage specific elements of the forest future. First forest user group deals with honey harvesting. The second one deals with a fuel wood collection. We have a third one that handles ecotourism. Additionally, there is grazing and water as part of that that the community derived from the forest. Each user group is currently represented in the management committee. We have representation of women, the elders and the youth. These significant and deliberate decisions by strategic partners and the Ilmamusi Community Forest Association have born significant fruits. A draft policy on forest and landscape restoration and the beneficiary forest regulation have been developed and shared. So far we have been able to establish six nurseries. We have been able to train the various stakeholders who are working around Kogodo from the county government to NGOs, to the communities and also train the conservancies which are surrounding the forest. With the support of key local partners, Kenya Forest Research Institute, the National Museum of Kenya, the Lakeipia Wildlife Forum, the Northern Renglands Trust and the Kenya Forest Service, FAO aims to reduce the overall proportion of degraded land by at least 20%. The restoration approaches cannot be achieved by one organization. We really need to work as partners all the way from the users to the service providers who are closely with the county government because in some of this trust land the county government will play a very key role. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the challenges including the postponement of key activities that require physical meetings and travel. Indeed, with the forest survival so will the communities livelihoods, well-being, food, water, energy, security and resilience be restored.