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*WED for schools👆.* At Bellevue Primary school-Kieni West Nyeri . The turn up was really good. 800 turned up for the event and everyone planted a tree.
World Environment Day 2022 "The tripple threats to environment of biodiversity loss, climate change and pollution continue to ravage the world causing a threat to the human existence. We need to urgently protect the planet," Ag. Chairperson Nema Kenya Dr. Lul Abdiwahid.
NEMA officer Mr. Mburu demonstrated how to plant the bamboo trees at Ragati forest in Mt. Kenya Nyeri during the World Environment Day
Secretary Administration for the Ministry of Environment, Joel Kitili, and NemaKenya Director-General, Mamo B. Mamo tours the KenGen exhibition stand showcasing wind and geothermal forms of renewable energy. #WorldEnvironmentDay #OnlyOneEarth ^
Tree planting at Dedan Kimathi University where 2,030 indigenous tree seedlings were planted to mark #WorldEnvironmentDay2022 . A further 17, 000 was donated to the University to be planted at Tanyai Forest block in Muringato forest station through the adopt a forest initiative.
Tree planting at Ondiri Wetland led by CAS Environment_Ke Mohammed Elmi to mark World Wetlands Day 2022
NEMA has enacted various regulations to protect the environment. In 2021 alone, the Authority did over 2306 inspections across the country. The inspections range from Effluent Discharge License, plastic bags ban, Environmental Impact Assessment, and environmental audits. Director-General NEMA Mamo Mamo
Tree planting at Ondiri Wetland by Director General NEMA to mark World Wetlands Day 2022 Act For Wetlands Save Ondiri
Tree planting at Dedan Kimathi University where 2,030 indigenous tree seedlings were planted to mark #WorldEnvironmentDay2022 . A further 17, 000 was donated to the University to be planted at Tanyai Forest block in Muringato forest station through the adopt a forest initiative.
Most Rev. Anthony Muheria and Nema Kenya Director General, Mamo B. Mamo planting a tree at Dedan Kimathi University to commemorate #WorldEnvironmentDay2022 #OnlyOneEarth
World Environment Day 2022
UNEP @50
Progress on Aichi Targets
Target 19 By 2020, knowledge, the science base and technologies relating to biodiversity, its values, functioning, status and trends, and the consequences of its loss, are improved, widely shared and transferred, and applied.
Target 13: By 2020, the genetic diversity of cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and of wild relatives, including other socio-economically as well as culturally valuable species, is maintained
Target 12 By 2020 the extinction of known threatened species has been prevented and their conservation status, particularly of those most in decline, has been improved and sustained.
Target 6:: By 2020 all fish and invertebrate stocks and aquatic plants are managed and harvested sustainably, legally and applying ecosystem based approaches.
Target 2: By 2020, at the latest, biodiversity values have been integrated into national and local development Plans
Target 16: By 2015, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization is in force and operational.
Target 9: By 2020, invasive alien species and pathways are identified and prioritized, priority species are controlled or eradicated, and measures are in place to manage pathways to prevent their introduction and establishment.
Target 10 By 2015,Pressures on coral reefs, and other vulnerable ecosystems impacted by climate change or ocean acidification are minimized.
Target 15: By 2020, ecosystem resilience and the contribution of biodiversity to carbon stocks has been enhanced, through conservation and restoration,
Target 20: By 2020, at the latest, the mobilization of financial resources for effectively implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
Target 8: By 2020, pollution, including from excess nutrients, has been brought to levels that are not detrimental to ecosystem function and biodiversity.
Target 5: By 2020, the rate of loss of all natural habitats, including forests, is at least halved and where feasible brought close to zero, and degradation and fragmentation is significantly reduced
Target 17: By 2015 each Party has developed, adopted as a policy instrument, and has commenced implementing an effective, participatory and updated national biodiversity strategy and action plan.
Target 3: By 2020, at the latest, positive incentives for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity are developed and applied
Target 7: By 2020 areas under agriculture, aquaculture and forestry are managed sustainably, ensuring conservation of biodiversity.
Target 11 By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, are conserved
Target 18: By 2020, the traditional knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and their customary use of biological resources, are respected.
Target 1: By 2020, at the latest, people are aware of the values of biodiversity and the steps they can take to conserve and use it sustainably.aa
Target 14: By 2020, ecosystems that provide essential services, including services related to water, and contribute to health, livelihoods and well-being, are restored and safeguarded.
Target 4: By 2020, at the latest, Governments, business and stakeholders at all levels have taken steps to achieve or have implemented plans for sustainable production and consumption.
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