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Spatial planning to spur rangeland-based development across northern Kenya’s ‘frontier counties’

The members of the county executive committees agreed to create a ‘sector forum on lands’ to coordinate, harmonize and move county spatial planning processes and projects forward in cost-effective and productive ways. Continue reading

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Research to influence policy: Taking dryland ecosystems research beyond the shelves

On May 29 and 30 2014, Robinson organised a writeshop with senior officials from Kenya’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), the Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) and the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), to produce a policy brief that proposes a framework for natural resource governance in the dryland landscapes of Kenya Continue reading