Of the more than 350,000 hectares of land now occupied by restored or newly established ngitili, roughly half is owned by groups and half by individuals. Communal enclosures average 164 hectares in size, while individual plots average 2.3 hectares (Kaale et al. 2003:9; Barrow and Mlenge 2004:1).
While the impressive speed of ngitili-based reforestation has been apparent for several years, its impact on people
