Advocacy & Policy Influence
Amid escalating climate crises and threats to Kenya’s natural heritage, the Green Belt
Movement (GBM) champions bold advocacy to defend ecosystems, uphold
environmental rights, and ensure marginalized voices shape policy.
Defending Threatened Forests & Green Spaces
GBM leads high-impact campaigns to halt destructive projects and protect vital ecosystems:
- Saving Karura Forest & Aberdares Resistance: Mobilizing communities and leveraging litigation to oppose government-led road construction projects threatening Karura Forest and Aberdares Water Tower—critical biodiversity hotspots and carbon sinks.
- Urban Green Spaces Defense: Partnering with activists and legal experts to safeguard Uhuru Park, Central Park, and Ngong Forest from illegal encroachment and commercial exploitation.
- Litigation for Accountability: Challenging harmful policies in court to uphold constitutional environmental rights and ensure transparent natural resource governance.
- Youth & Leadership Training: Empowering 5,000+ young advocates and elected leaders with skills in environmental governance, public participation, and policy analysis.
- Community Mobilization: Equipping grassroots networks to lead campaigns against deforestation, land grabbing, and unsustainable development.
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Defending Threatened Forests & Green Spaces
Kenya loses 5,000+ hectares of forest annually to illegal logging and infrastructure projects, worsening droughts, floods, and food insecurity. GBM’s advocacy bridges grassroots action and systemic change, ensuring:
- Biodiversity Protection: Safeguarding habitats for endangered species.
- Climate Resilience: Protecting water towers that sustain 12 million Kenyans.
- Social Equity: Defending communities’ rights to clean air, water, and green spaces.