Environment and Geography
Policy Briefs
These policy briefs have been developed with KITE's associated projects:
Development Corridors Partnership
Land use futures for the southern agricultural growth corridor of Tanzania https://developmentcorridors.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/SAGCOT-Brochure.pdf
Mountain Research
Climate Change Impacts on Ecosystem Services and Food Security in Eastern Africa (CHIESA)
Perceptions and Knowledge of Climate Change and Ecosystem Goods and Services - A closer look at Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, and Taita Hills in Kenya Policy brief 1 (PDF 
, 2,207kb)
Effects of Climate Change on Habitats and Biodiversity - Creating Knowledge for Future Planning and Policy Policy brief 2 (PDF , 1,609kb)
Land Cover Change Scenarios in the Taita Hills - What Will 2030 Look Like? Policy brief 3 (PDF , 1,632kb)
Likely Impacts of Climate Change on Access to Water - Upper Catchment of Pangani River Basin in Tanzania and Wundanyi Catchment in Taita Hills of Kenya Policy brief 4 (PDF , 2,052kb)
Ecosystem Pest Management and Pollination Focus on Crucifers Policy brief 5 (PDF , 2,056kb)
Ecosystem Services Pest Management - Coffee Production System Response to Climate Change Policy brief 6 (PDF , 772kb)
Ecosystem Services Pest Management - Climate Change and Impact on Maize Lepidopteran Stem Borers and their Natural Enemies Policy brief 7 (PDF , 2,580kb)
Restoring the Fertility of Degraded Lands Through Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration -Emerging Trends and Patterns in Taita Hills in Kenya Policy brief 8 (PDF , 1,671kb)
Mapping Land Cover and the Probability of Understory Coffee in Jimma, Ethiopia Policy brief 9 (PDF , 1,829kb)
Integrated Pest Management for Control of Population Dynamics, Distribution and Abundance of Pests Policy brief 10 (PDF , 1,682kb)
Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Water Provision - Pangani River Basin, Tanzania Policy brief 11 (PDF , 803kb)
Traditional Weather Forecasting: Practices, Challenges and Opportunities Policy brief 12 (PDF , 798kb)
Community Based Climate Change Adaptation for the Taita Hills, Kenya 2015–2019 Policy brief 13 (PDF , 701kb)
Adaptation for Ecosystem Resilience in Africa (AFERIA)
Exploring Land use and Land cover Changes under Future Climate Projections in Taita Hills, Kenya and Jimma Highlands, Ethiopia AFERIA policy brief 1 (PDF , 878kb)
Climate Change on Eastern Africa’s Mountains: The AFRICLIM High resolution Ensemble Projections for Taita Hills, Jimma Highlands and Mt. Kilimanjaro AFERIA policy brief 2 (PDF , 700kb)
Climate Change and Human Rights: Gender and Health-Sensitive Responses AFERIA policy brief 3 (PDF , 781kb)
Archaeology of Agricultural Resilience in Eastern Africa (AAREA)
Terraces are good, but sediment traps are better AAREA Policy brief (PDF , 2,883kb)
Biodiversity Atlas of the Natural Capital of Kenya
Tertiary Institutions Natural Capital Kenya Tertiary (PDF , 819kb)
National Policy Makers Kenya Natural Capital. Policy Makers (PDF , 892kb)
Business and Biodiversity Natural Capital Kenya Business and Community (PDF , 1,206kb)
County Decision Makers Kenya Natural Capital. Policy Makers (PDF , 892kb)
Peri-Urban Resilient Ecosystems (PURE)
Report of Urban Ecolution Participatory Scenrio Planning Workshop Report of the participatory scenario planning workshop 2019 (PDF , 3,406kb)
Mainstreaming ecosystem-based adaptation into climate resilience strategies for informal settlements in Windhoek, Namibia Mainstreaming Ecosystems (PDF , 1,377kb)
Socially inclusive and innovative policy making for climate resilient urban strategies for informal settlements in dryland Africa https://africa.iclei.org/iclei_publications/policy-brief-socially-inclusive-and-innovative-policy-making-for-climate-resilient-urban-strategies-for-informal-settlements-in-dryland-africa/
Dryland nature based solutions for informal settlement upgrading schemes in Africa https://africa.iclei.org/iclei_publications/policy-brief-dryland-nature-based-solutions-for-informal-settlement-upgrading-schemes-in-africa/