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. Chris Kiptoo
Speaker
Principal Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Professor Hamadi Boga
Speaker
Principal Secretary State, Department of Crop
Development and Agricultural
research
Anne Nyaga
Speaker
Chief Administrative Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives
Dr. Dennis Garrity
Speaker
Chair, Global EverGreening Alliance
Senior Fellow, World Agroforestry, Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute
Myra Bernardi
Speaker
Head of
Rural Development Food
Security, Delegation of the
European Union to Kenya
Anne N. Angwenyi
Speaker
Climate and Environment Adviser, British High Commission, Nairobi
Dr. John K.M. Wandaka (PH.D)
Speaker
Vice-Chair of the KEPSA Environment, Water and Natural Resources Sector Board
Levis Kavagi
Speaker
Africa Coordinator, Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme and Africa Focal point for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
2021-2030
Mrs. Wanjira Mathai
Speaker
Vice President and Regional Director for Africa, World Resources Institute
Lucy Wambui Ng'ang'a (PhD)
Moderator
Assistant Director, Multilateral Environmental Agreements, Ministry 0f Environment And Forestry