The Mau Forest Complex, Mt. Kenya, Aberdares, Cherangany Hills, and Mt. Elgon - Kenya’s five major water towers – provide an estimated 75 percent of the country’s water resources and are central to Kenya’s economic and social well-being. Despite their critical importance, these water towers have been seriously degraded and continue to be impacted by irregular and ill-planned settlements, overgrazing, uncontrolled and illegal forest resource extraction, and the conversion of forest land to agriculture. The degradation of these forests contributes to a growing water crisis in Kenya and the larger region. Moreover, the loss of biodiversity and increased carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation are exacerbated by climate change.