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Protecting Kenya's indigenous forests through a living belt of tea.
Nyayo Tea Zones pioneered a unique buffer-zone model: planting tea along the edges of indigenous forests. This green belt creates a clear, productive boundary that discourages encroachment, illegal logging, and charcoal burning — while generating income for the communities living alongside the forest.
The result is conservation that pays for itself: forests are protected, livelihoods are strengthened, and the relationship between people and nature is reframed as partnership.
200k+
Hectares Safeguarded
A physical, productive boundary that halts encroachment and protects biodiversity.
Employment creation in buffer zones maintenance give neighbouring communities a stake in conservation.
Healthy buffer zones safeguard the forests, water catchments, and the biodiversity that depend on them.
The buffer belts of tea and indigenous trees safeguard habitats for the plant and animal species that depend on Kenya's forests and water towers, protecting soils, springs, and rivers alongside the forest itself.
NTZDC supports Kenya's 15 Billion Trees by 2032 national initiative through the annual propagation of approximately 2 million tree seedlings across its zones, feeding restoration and reforestation drives nationwide.
NTZDC enhances climate resilience in rural areas through the unique buffer-zones model that combines forest conservation, ecosystem restoration, sustainable livelihoods, and climate-smart land management.
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