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Joint Statement on the Proposed Amendment to Kenya’s Forest Law by the Conservation Sector

Victoria Wangui2022-01-25T12:33:21+00:00January 25th, 2022|Categories: press resleases|Tags: Baringo Water Resources Users Association (WRUA Council), Campde Voices, Center for Science and Technology Innovation (CSTI), Chehe Community Forest Association, CISSTA Kenya, Conservation Alliance of Kenya (CAK), Dr. Paula Kahumbu, Forest Bill, Forest Conservation and Management Act of 2016, Forest Resource International, Forestry, Forestry Act 2018, Forestry Society of Kenya (FSK), Forsmart Limited (Private Forestry Consultant), Friends of the Lembus Forest, Green Belt Movement, Green Kids’ Museum Kenya, Kenya Forest Working Group (KFWG), Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), Kenya Green University Network, Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA), Kwale County Natural Resources Network (KCNRN), Laikipia, Lembus Foundation, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Mount Kenya Trust, Mt Kenya Community Forest Association - Nyeri County, Nairobi Forest Conservation Committee (FCC), National Alliance of Community Forest Association (NACOFA), Natural Resource Forum (NAREF), Nature Kenya – the EANHS, Ngong Road Forest Community Forest Association (CFA), Partliament, Rhino Ark Kenya Charitable Trust, Soluzioni Sostenibili Di Energia, The East African Wild Life Society (EAWLS), The Environment Institute of Kenya, Transfo Green World, University of Nairobi, Wangari Mathai Institute of Climate Change, Wildlife Clubs of Kenya, WildlifeDirect, World Wide Fund for Nature- Kenya (WWF-K)|

We, the undersigned leading public and private organizations concerned with the conservation and management of forests in Kenya, are alarmed by a decision by the Parliamentary Procedures and House Rules Committee to initiate a move to amend section 34 of the Forest Conservation and Management Act (2016).