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Yasuko Inoue
JICA Project on Forest Sector Strengthening and Community Climate Change Resilience through Sustainable Forest Management and Landscape Restoration, Kenya
Project Long Term Expert
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Date: Saturday, December 9, 2023, 9:45-11:15 a.m. local time
Co-sponsored by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry of Kenya (MECCF), Kenya Forest Service (KFS), Department of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing (DRSRS) in the Office of the President, Huduma Center, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
In cooperation with: The Nature Conservancy, University of Leicester (UK), Ministry of Environment of Cambodia, Sumitomo Corporation, AWAK
Venue (Pavilion Name)：Kenya Pavilion (Blue Zone)
speaker
George Tulse.
Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, Kenya
Director, Forestry and Conservation Bureau
Vitoris Atemos.
Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, Kenya
Forestry and Conservation Officer
Alex Remarco
Kenya Forest Service
president
Peter Silayo
Kenya Forest Service
Forestry and Conservation Officer
Richard Mwangi
Kenya Forest Service
Geodatabase Manager
Marcelline Ojiwala.
Office of the President Office of Natural Resources Research and Remote Sensing
Natural Resources Science Officer
Tibin Leng.
Ministry of Environment, Cambodia
Director General of GIS
Shuji Naito
Sumitomo Corporation
Chief, Carbon Solutions Team, Energy Innovation Initiative
Heiko Balzer.
University of Leicester, U.K.
professor
Emily Landis
The Nature Conservancy
secretary
Paul Munieu
AWAK
project manager
Yasuko Inoue
JICA Project on Forest Sector Strengthening and Community Climate Change Resilience through Sustainable Forest Management and Landscape Restoration, Kenya
Project Long Term Expert
Background and Objectives
The purpose of this side event is to exchange practical information that will help build the knowledge base needed to achieve better forest monitoring, improved forest restoration and management, and Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) while also participating in carbon markets and contributing to the achievement of global climate change mitigation goals. The purpose is to exchange practical information that will help to build the knowledge base needed to
Contents
This side event was held at the “Kenya Pavilion” and included knowledge sharing on satellite-based forest warning systems by countries and institutions, including the private sector and NGOs. The event also showcased how the National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS) and other on-the-ground monitoring activities are helping to implement forest policies; George Tarus, Director of Forest Conservation at MECCF, presented on Kenya’s National Landscape and Ecosystem Restoration Program; and the Kenya Forestry Commission (KFEC) presented on the Kenyan National Forestry Policy and the Kenyan National Forestry Policy and the Kenyan National Forestry Policy.
Various good practices and success stories were shared among the presenters and panel participants. During the event, the activities of the SFS-CORECC project were highlighted, with KFS President Alexander Lemarkoko describing Kenya’s 15 billion tree planting program and the importance of the project’s development of tree cover monitoring methods; Mwangi described improvements in forest warning systems and NFMS, and Atemo of MECCF presented the tree planting and monitoring activities by students in the School Feeding and Tree Growing Club Forest Carbon Pilot Project, presenting non-carbon benefits such as improved scientific knowledge and nutrition for children. The event contributed to raising awareness of JICA projects in Kenya and abroad.
Group photo of speakers (from left to right: Mr. Silayo Silayo, Forest Conservation Officer, KFS; Mr. Ren GIS, Director General, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia; Mr. Ojiwala, Scientific Officer, DRS; Mr. Naito, Sumitomo Corporation; Mr. Murangi, KFS; Mr. Atemo, Forest Conservation Officer, MECCF; Mr. Remar Koko, President, KFS; Mr. Muniew, Project Manager, AWAK; Prof. Balzer, University of Lanchester, UK (Prof. Balzer, Univ. of Tokyo, JICA Inoue SFS-CORECC Expert)
MECCF Director of Forest Conservation, Mr. Talus, explains forests and climate change policies
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