The system captures hot spots (possibly fire events) from satellites, UAVs and ground cameras, and obtains fire event information from forest rangers. More than a dozen satellites scan the reserve at different frequencies every day. After intelligently analyzing the satellite scanning information, the system automatically selects the hot spots and sends out hot spot alarm; In case of bad weather and dense clouds in the protection area, the system can send UAV to fly at low altitude to scan the protection area, screen hot spots from the video images scanned by UAV, and send hot spot alarm; The network composed of thousands of ground cameras can monitor the situation of the protected area in real time, automatically analyze the images obtained by ground cameras, screen hot spots, and then send hot spot alarm; 140000 forest rangers were scattered to patrol every corner of the reserve. Once a fire  is found, they can immediately call the fire department through the system. Satellites, UAVs, ground cameras and forest rangers cooperate with each other, greatly reducing the time to find hot spots and fire events.

The purpose of this strategy is to build ties between neighbors and volunteers interested in participating in the construction, management and maintenance activities of the linear greenbelt trail and associated areas.

Meetings and fellowship opportunities were held to share ideas as well as information on:

• Procedures for reporting environmental incidents in the area.
• Techniques for reforestation and pruning of native plants.
• Characteristics and importance of native plants in the region.

Neighbors were invited to form a group through whatsapp to keep them informed and invite them to activities.

Family interpretive walks were conducted, some exclusively for residents of the intervention area and others open to the general public with the objective of creating bonds and strengthening social ties with trail users as well as offering opportunities for guided experiences in nature while raising awareness of the Greenbelt Project and inviting people to participate in the trail construction activities.

They were implemented on a weekly basis managing prior registration, data collection with prior consent, with limited number of attendees due to the contingency and with the management of the following topics relevant to the project objectives:

• What is a Natural Protected Area and in the specific case, Johnson Park.
• What is the Green Belt Project.
• What is the invasive buffel grass and its impact as an invasive plant in the desert ecosystem.
• Native flora and fauna in the Green Belt and Johnson Park.
• Restoration actions in natural areas: Johnson Park.
• Tips on how to do outdoor activities without leaving a trace.

The purpose of this strategy is to identify the actors who have some degree of influence over the target audience, how they influence, i.e., what role they play in that interaction as well as the level of this influence and how this influence can be used to contribute to audience behavior change that will contribute to the solution.

AGAR's  main objective in capacity building, is to contribute to the improvement of living conditions of the rural communities in arid and semi-arid lands by promoting inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development through the enhancement of high potential agroforestry resources, in synergy with the local private sector and national agenda. We do this through trainings and seminars on environmentally sustainable agro-forestry value chains which community members are taken through:

• Sustainable management of natural resources
• Propagation, transplanting, harvesting and formulation of aloe and its products
• Harvesting, sorting and grading of gums and resins
• Provision of gum and resins haversting and grading tools
• Provision of storage for gums and resins
• Business principles and development

With these trainings the communities:

• Build economic resilience because of alternative source of income
• Build strong independent communities through provision of work opportunities, 
• Enhance the adaptation strategies to climate change,
• Reducing the impact of desertification and deforestation and
• Promotes women's, youth and people living with disabilities social inclusion in production processes  

This strategy made it possible to identify the relevant characteristics of the target audience for the communication campaign, as well as the elements that maintain the problem situation: personal characteristics of the residents, external factors related to the context and locality, and the motivators that facilitate actions to identify how to motivate people to change their behavior or perceptions related to the problem.

The purpose of this strategy is to obtain data to establish a baseline. It was carried out through the application of surveys on social and governance indicators to residents of the intervention zone (neighborhoods adjacent to the Green Belt) as well as interviews with identified leaders and other key actors.

To incentivise conservation, the benefits must be locally meaningful and transparently distributed. Here, we worked with the communities to identify priority areas (healthcare, education and veterinary medicines) and translated points into benefits every 3 months. The village requested the benefits and the project sourced and delivered them. They were distributed at a large village celebration, where the programme was explained again. Then the number of points was reset to zero and the process began again.

Planting of enhanced high potential trees of commercial interest such as Acacia Senegal for gum Arabic, Boswelia Neglecta for Frankincense, and indigenous aloe species (Turkanensis, Secundiflora) in the Kenyan Arid lands has helped with the improved management of natural resources by the community woodlands forest association members, which we helped to form, who act as the custodians of the environment, who are also trained on correct environmental management practices.

The recovery of local biodiversity and use of innovative agroecological techniques by the local communities in the arid areas enhances their adaptation strategies to climate change thereby reducing the impact of desertification which is brought about by widespread deforestation for coal burning as a diverse source of income apart from pastoralism which is the main source of income for people in the arid regions has left the communities be aid reliant in times of droughts.
 

Through our capacity buildings, the communities have been able to improve their skills on  sustainable management of natural resources through the introduction of correct environmental practices, enhancing the adaptation strategies to climate change, reducing the impact of desertification and deforestation.