Valor to Virtue
Kivokuni Indigenous Tree Nursery and Oceans Alive – Visit Report
A visit to two local organisations near the Vipingo property, and the partnerships that could follow.
- 9 November 2020 Visited
- Kilifi and Vipingo Where
Key points
4 things to know- The Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery grows around 350 indigenous species, several on the IUCN Red List.
- Local concerns: rapid development, deforestation and non-native plants taking over.
- Oceans Alive and KCW-CBO run a community-managed marine area — the first in the Western Indian Ocean.
- Both are open to working with Valor to Virtue: staff training, trees for replanting and marine conservation.
- Explore reforestation, indigenous nurseries on our properties and sea turtle protection together.