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nature net 
naturekenya.org 
June 2018 
Summary of Chairman's Report for 2017 - 
Respans* i^woc&t so 
Wildlife Poisoning Incidents 
in Kenya 
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The EANHS Chairman Dr. Ian Gordon addresses members during the 108th 
AGM. PWOTO; J, MWAOlAPO 
Year 2017/18 Conservation Challenges 
• Politics: Electioneering year. Minds occupied by politics 
• Development vs Conservation: Infrastructure—Roads, Standard 
gauge railway (SGR), LAPSSET, Northern Transport Corridor, Irrigation, 
Coal power plant, and others 
• Ever mounting threats to species: habitat loss, poor land use, 
landscape degradation, pollution, illegal logging, climate change, 
wildlife poisoning and poaching 
• Policy failures: Lack of spatial policies and plans, weakened safeguard 
policies and poor implementation of good existing legislation 
• Limited public support: Kenya is 45 million strong but NK 
membership is only 1,000 
• Limited capacity: Weak national, county and local government 
institutions 
. Limited knowledge: research gaps on species and sites and 
insufficient management plans and strategies 
• Limited funding: simply less money for conservation 
2017/18 Overarching Responses 
Science: Identify, designate, monitor and maintain the integrity of Key 
Biodiversity Areas 
Policy: Influence policies, legislation and institutional frameworks for 
ecosystem resilience 
Advocacy: Explain and advocate the values of nature and mobilize public 
and political support for nature 
Local Support: Build grassroots capacity and networks for nature 
conservation 
Education: Educate young people about nature 
Restoration: Promote restoration of degraded habitats in Key Biodiversity 
Areas 
Land Purchase: Create effective ecological networks resilient to climate 
change 
Partnerships: Promote and support effective conservation partnerships 
locally, nationally and internationally, e.g. with BirdLife 
Private sector: Work with the private sector to promote best practices to 
mitigate negative impact of major developments e.g. on wind farms 
Constituency: Build conservation constituency and membership base for 
Nature Kenya 
Funding: Mobilize the resources needed to conserve and sustain ecosystems 
services 
1. SAVE SPECIES 
i) Prevent Extinctions 
• Supported KWS to develop 
a National Wildlife Poisoning 
Response Protocol: clear and 
practical protocols and training, 
that will give local authorities 
the ability to rapidly respond to 
poisoning incidents as they are 
detected 
. Represented on the National 
House Crow Control Committee, 
now coordinated by the Ministry 
of Tourism and Wildlife 
ii) Monitor Species 
■ Carried out common bird monitoring at 15 Key Biodiversity Areas 
(Arabuko Sokoke Forest, Dakatcha Woodland,Taita Hills forests, 
Tana River Delta, Kianyaga Valleys, Mukurwe-ini valleys, Yala 
Wetland, Lake Bogoria, Lake Naivasha, Lake Elementaita, Lake 
Magadi, Lake Ol'Bolossat, Lake Nakuru) 
2. CONSERVE SITES & HABITATS 
• Integrated and mainstreamed 
the Important Bird Area (IBA) 
conservation strategy into county 
development plans in 8 counties 
(Tana River, Kilifi,Taita Taveta, Kitui, 
Narok, Siaya, Nyandarua and Elgeyo 
Marakwet,) 
• Carried out an Ecosystem Services 
Assessment in the proposed 95,000 
ha of Community Conserved Area in 
Tana Delta 
• 14 Community Forest Associations 
(CFAs) and 25 Site Support Groups 
(SSGs) planted 747,000 tree seedlings 
Site monitoring at Dakatcha 
Woodland 
