This report is in nine parts and they cover the following areas: Kenya’s forest policy; implications and roles of stakeholders in forest maintenance; implications and roles of stakeholders in forest management; administration; protection and the conservation of the environment; environmental impact assessment; environmental audits and monitoring; environmental restoration orders, environmental conservation orders and environmental easements; inspection, analysis and records; and international treaties, conventions and agreements. There is also a section that gives the conclusions and recommendations made.
Tag: forest protection
Blogging for impact – lessons from the ASB partnership for the tropical forest margins
Why we did it One of the challenges we were facing was fairly low traffic on our webpage, coupled with confusion about when to update news stories and what really counted as news. We also ran an email listserv where we would occasionally post items like new publications, calls for proposals, or stories from the media related to our work. We decided to renew our strategy a little bit after our global steering group suggested that we send out all the emails in one monthly package rather than sporadically. With a new mandate to develop an email newsletter we had to rethink what our website was for and how it would relate to our e-news. We decided to rework the site as a blog to make posting and searching stories more easy. the blog also allows people to make comments and it is easy to see when somebody else has linked to your page – it’s automatically tracked.
The Karaawaimin Taawa: Insights from a biocultural assessment led by the Wapichan people in Guyana
The Karaawaimin Taawa book is a biocultural assessment resulted from the fruitful collaboration between community experts and scientists from the South Rupununi, and the SWM Programme in Guyana and around the world. It draws attention to the region’s biodiversity and its cultural ties to the Wapichan people. The assessment’s findings will hopefully help highlight the unique role that communities play in safeguarding their lands and resources. The SWM Programme is a seven-year initiative (2017-2024) implemented in 15 member countries of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), funded by the European Union with co-funding from the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) and the French Development Agency (AFD). It is being implemented by a dynamic consortium of four partners with expertise in wildlife conservation and food security: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). The SWM Programme in Guyana is being implemented by the Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission in coordination with CIFOR.