Dec Thematic Report: Country's environmental regulation or infrastructure".by Okoth Okoth | 16-01-2021 14:04 |
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The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) is a Kenyan government agency responsible for the management of the environment, and environmental policy. Kenya is guided by the Environmental Management Act no 8. Of 1999 (Amended in 2015) which regulates how people manage environmental resources and pollution control. Lets take a look at part V of the policy: PART V – PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT 42. Protection of rivers, lakes and wetlands. 43. Protection of traditional interests. 44. Protection of hill tops, hill sides, mountain areas and forests. 45. Identification of hilly and mountainous areas. 46. Re-forestation and afforestation of hill tops, hill slopes and mountainous areas. 47. Other measures for management of hill tops, hill sides and mountainous areas. 48. Protection of forests. 49. Conservation of energy and planting of trees or woodlots. 50. Conservation of biological diversity. 51. Conservation of biological resources in-situ. 52. Conservation of biological resources ex-situ. 53. Access to genetic resources of Kenya. 54. Protection of environmentally significant areas. 55. Protection of the coastal zone. 56. Protection of the ozone layer. The policy/Act of parliament is what Kenya needs to conserve and protect the environment and regulate how our scarce resources are being used. The job remains on the NEMA to ensure that this Act is being fully implemented and no part is neglected.
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