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Kenya has emerged as a continental leader in ecosystem restoration through its ambitious 15BillionTrees

Kenya has emerged as a continental leader in ecosystem restoration through its ambitious #15BillionTrees Initiative, one of Africa's most significant environmental restoration programmes. The initiati...

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World Rainforest Day 2026

Ministry of Environment, Climate Change & ForestryDeep within the ancient canopy of the Kakamega Rainforest,Kenya’s sole remaining extension of the vast Congo tropical ecosystem,lies an essential trut...

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Kenya Successfully Hosts the Historic 11th Our Ocean Conference, Securing Global Commitments for Ocean Conservation and the Blue Economy

Mombasa, Kenya | 18 June 2026 Kenya has successfully concluded the 11th Our Ocean Conference (OOC), held from 16–18 June 2026 in the coastal city of Mombasa, becoming the first African nation to host ...

Target 8: Reduce emissions through NbS and EbA for community resilience

By 2030, minimize the impact of climate change and ocean acidification on biodiversity and increase its resilience through mitigation, adaptation, and disaster risk reduction actions, including through nature-based solutions and/or ecosystem-based...

Target1: By 2030, Plan and Manage all Areas to reduce Biodiversity Loss

Ensure that by 2030 all areas are under biodiversity inclusive participatory spatial planning and effectively managed, addressing land and sea use change to reduce biodiversity loss while respecting the rights of indigenous people and local...

Target 2: Ensure 27.3% of degraded areas are under effective restoration

Ensure that by 2030 at least 27.3% of degraded areas are under effective restoration, in order to enhance biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, ecological integrity and connectivity 3.4% of areas of degraded forests 7.7% of areas of...

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Biodiversity Learning Platform

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992, and entered into force on 29 December 1993. It is the first global agreement to cover al...

 
 
 

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