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Kipepeo Butterfly Project
About Kipepeo Butterfly Project
Welcome
to Kipepeo
Kipepeo (Swahili for butterfly) is a community based
enterprise that supports the livelihoods of people living around Arabuko
Sokoke forest in coastal Kenya, East Africa. This provides an incentive
for their participation in the conservation of a forest with high
biodiversity and endemism. Kipepeo seeks to demonstrate the tangible
link between conservation and livelihood.
What
does Kipepeo do?
Kipepeo currently sells butterfly and moth pupae and other
live insects as well as honey and silk cloth produced by the community.
Our pupae are exported and the live insects hatched and displayed in
insect parks globally.
As the market place for nature based products from the
Arabuko Sokoke forest, Kipepeo coordinates production and sales, and
ensures thorough training and monitoring so that the insects are bred
and raised on-farm in a sustainable manner from wild parent stock. We
also sell butterflies from other Kenyan forests.
Your purchase of Kipepeo products contributes directly to the
conservation of critical natural heritage for future generations. The
Kipepeo Market Place is located at the Gede Ruins National Monument 20,
kilometres south of the resort town of Malindi and near the world famous
Watamu beach.
Tourism
Kipepeo Centre is located within Gede Ruins National
Monument. These are the ruins of a medieval Swahili town and are a must
visit for any tourist in the Watamu and Malindi area.
The butterfly house provides an interesting counterpoint to
them. Visit the Butterfly Exhibition and admire the colorful butterflies
of Arabuko Sokoke and other forests while you learn of their importance
to local livelihoods and conservation.
On Monday and Thursday mornings meet and talk with farmers as
they deliver pupae and honey to the Market Place. Also see how the honey
and silk cloth are processed at the facilities.
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Date of last actualization:24. 12. 2019
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Welcome
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What
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