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Kenya National Landscape Restoration Scaling Conference: Catalyzing action for landscape restoration

Join the conversation on how we can accelerate the momentum of landscape restoration in Kenya by bringing together and linking multiple dimensions of the efforts.

Conference Objectives:

  1. Catalyze a national restoration movement towards the
    achievement of Kenya’s restoration ambitions, that can shape
    mindsets, support implementation.
  2. Showcase different restoration practices and investigate their
    suitability for the different places and people in the country.
  3. Provide a platform for engaging with policy makers that will
    contribute to necessary policy adjustments needed to support
    landscape restoration.
  4. Highlight the role of women and youth in restoration and outline
    potential for their greater inclusion.
  5. Identify bottlenecks and opportunities for greater restoration
    entrepreneurship and business.
  6. Agree on a process for a common monitoring, reporting, and
    learning framework for landscape restoration.
  7. Bring together stakeholders working in the restoration space to
    develop a common roadmap and agree on key actions.
  8. Catalyze funding for land restoration in the country towards
    realizing the vision of the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration
    (2021-2030).

SPEAKERS

Dr. Dennis Garrity

Dr. Dennis Garrity

Speaker

Chair, Global
EverGreening Alliance
Senior Fellow, World
Agroforestry, Senior Fellow,
World Resources Institute
Board Member, Global Landcare

Mrs. Wanjira Mathai

Mrs. Wanjira Mathai

Speaker

Vice
President and Regional Director
for Africa, World Resources
Institute

Professor Hamadi Boga

Professor Hamadi Boga

Speaker

Principal Secretary State, Department of Crop
Development and Agricultural
research