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Wave crashing against rocky shore.
Shores of Lake Bogoria, Kenya.
© Fabian Haas

Catalyzing the Application of Site Safeguard Policies and Procedures in Kenya: Using Lake Bogoria National Reserve Key Biodiversity Area as a Case Study

Grantee Name: Nature Kenya

Hotspot
Eastern Afromontane
Location
Kenya
Amount
$10,000
Dates
Feb 2015 – Aug 2016
Keywords
Freshwater, Land use planning, Policy/law, Private sector, Waste management

Establish and empower the local people and the county government of Baringo, Kenya, to maintain the conservation and environmental values of Lake Bogoria in the face of planned geothermal explorations at the key biodiversity area. Develop and promote a safeguard guide for the Baringo County Government to ensure high-quality environmental impact assessments will be carried out, and complied with, when needed. Develop a geothermal energy safeguard policy andmonitor new geothermal developments across the country.

Strategic Direction :

2 Improve the protection and management of the KBA network throughout the hotspot.

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