Gazette Notice No. 8676 of 2025

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1. Legislation notice

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   Issuing authority

   Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Environment, Climate change and Forestry

   Body

   Ministry of Environment, Climate change and Forestry

   Office

   Director-General

   Instrument

   THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND CO-ORDINATION (CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF WETLANDS) DRAFT REGULATIONS, 2025

   Action

   Intention to publish the Regulations; invitation for public comments through written memoranda

   Objective a

   to revise the Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Conservation and Management of Wetlands ) Regulations, 2009 and thus provide for conservation of wetlands and their resources in Kenya

   Objective b

   to promote the integration of wise-use of resources in wetlands into local, county, and national planning for, ecological, aesthetic, cultural and socio-economic development

   Objective c

   to ensure the protection of the diversity of wetland habitats, flora and fauna

   Objective d

   to promote awareness creation, education, research, indigenous knowledge and partnerships with other relevant institutions in the management of wetland ecosystems

   Objective e

   to protect wetlands within river basins, lake basins and coastal zones from pollution including siltation, agricultural and infrastructural developments, over exploitation, alien and invasive species, and other activities likely to degrade the wetland ecosystem

   Documents available

   A draft of the proposed Regulations and the Regulatory Impact Statement may be accessed from www.nema.go.ke

   Comment deadline

   close of day on 25 February 2025

   Comment addresses

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   Public participation

   Public participation meetings will thereafter be held physically in regional venues that will soon be notified to the public.

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Pages for private people, including the deceased and petitioners, are public, but we ask search engines not to list them.

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Cites

Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Conservation and Management of Wetlands ) Regulations, 2009

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Official PDF of Vol. CXXVII No. 139, from Kenya Law

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