October 3, 2011 - Brazilian Cooperation Agency team visits the Mau towards identifying areas of potential cooperation
A technical team from the Brazilian Cooperation Agency is visiting various areas in the Mau Forests Complex and in the Aberdares towards identifying potential cooperation in the area of natural resources management.
During a week-long programme the team will meet with Water Resources Users Associations in the catchments of Lake Nakuru and Lake Naivasha. The team will also meet with forest- dwelling communities, in particular the Ogiek, fence-adjacent communities in the Aberdares and Community Forest Associations.
The visit by the technical team is a follow-up to discussions on sustainable forest management and particularly fire management that were held between the Interim Coordinating Secretariat (ICS) and Brazilian Embassy in Kenya. The discussions were initiated during the two Strategic Partners Consultative Meetings that were held at UNEP on 9th September 2009 and 5th May 2010 and co-chaired by the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya and Mr. Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director.
