MEWNR Water Act 2016 (20 September 2016)

An Act of Parliament to provide for the regulation, management and development of water resources, water and sewerage services; and for  other connected purposes.

MEWNR Forest Policy 2014

Forest resources in our country are valuable natural endowment that must be sustainably managed for present and future generations. Forest resources offer a range of benefits and opportunities for local and national economic development, improved livelihoods and provision of environmental goods and services such as watershed protection and carbon sequestration. Kenya’s forest sector has experienced…

MEWNR National Wetlands Conservation and Management Policy (2013)

Wetlands are natural or man‐made areas that are seasonally or permanently flooded with water and include swamps, marshes, bogs, shallow lakes, ox‐bow lakes, dams, riverbanks, floodplains, water catchment areas, fishponds, rice paddies, lakeshores, mangroves, sea grass beds, deltas, estuaries, coral reefs and seashores. In Kenya, wetlands occupy about 3% to 4% of the land surface,…