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:
- Catalyze a national restoration movement towards the
achievement of Kenya’s restoration ambitions, that can shape
mindsets, support implementation. - Showcase different restoration practices and investigate their
suitability for the different places and people in the country. - Provide a platform for engaging with policy makers that will
contribute to necessary policy adjustments needed to support
landscape restoration. - Highlight the role of women and youth in restoration and outline
potential for their greater inclusion. - Identify bottlenecks and opportunities for greater restoration
entrepreneurship and business. - Agree on a process for a common monitoring, reporting, and
learning framework for landscape restoration. - Bring together stakeholders working in the restoration space to
develop a common roadmap and agree on key actions. - 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
Speaker
Chair, Global
EverGreening Alliance
Senior Fellow, World
Agroforestry, Senior Fellow,
World Resources Institute
Board Member, Global Landcare
Mrs. Wanjira Mathai
Speaker
Vice
President and Regional Director
for Africa, World Resources
Institute
Professor Hamadi Boga
Speaker
Principal Secretary State, Department of Crop
Development and Agricultural
research