Improving Green Economy, Recovery and Resilience for Mountain Elgon Communities: Adaptive Public Health Framework Climate Smart Action Solutions

Case: A rural community needs to address high tree exfoliation and deforestation due to high dependence on green foliage for livestock fodder, building materials, herbal medicines, food crops, mulching materials, cultivation of land and wood fuel. Leading to soil nutrient depletion and wood fuel. Solution: Identifying forest product consumers, categorizing them into and forming the teams into Viable Groups, Afforestation plans, mixed farming plans, targeted animal fodder growing, garbage recycling and briquette-making. Significance: Formation of Viable Groups whose members are provided training and skilling sessions in leadership, visioning, financial literacy, biodiversity conservation literacy and skilling, income-generation, financial management, financial investment and saving culture, Greenhouse gases’ reduction culture, economic self-determination, increasing on the number of community members gaining the critical eco-conservation skills and using them to build a green-