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-Focused on the actual capacity of NGO and CBOs in the planning and implementation of<br />

Projects relating to Biodiversity, whether such do such plans make reference to wider<br />

societal competing interests as regards biodiversity resources and utilisation, what are the<br />

positions of advocacy in relation to local resource users and how are mitigated at national<br />

level action planning.<br />

8. Centre for Biodiversity, University of Nairobi<br />

Held discussions with Dr. H. Oyieke, Director, of the Centre<br />

- The discussion was based on the national regional and local priorities relating to<br />

Biodiversity. What targets are defined, basic service levels for Biodiversity restoration and<br />

preservations, what purposes for which biodiversity is preserved and how those purposes<br />

mediate with the societal and cultural behaviours of the local people?<br />

8. Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources<br />

Interviewed Prof. Wangare Mathai on what procedures are there for biodiversity quality<br />

testing and monitoring, the role of patrimonial politics in biodiversity degeneration, t he<br />

history of biodiversity decline and t her own role as an individual in the struggles for the<br />

restoration of national biodiversity, which institutions are responsible for policy<br />

development in the realm of biodiversity and how successful they have been<br />

9. Faculty of Law University of Nairobi and ACTS Centre<br />

Interviewed Prof. Patricia Kameri Mbote, Discussed the legal and policy regimes relating<br />

to biodiversity resources in Kenya, the framing of such regimes in a historical and<br />

contemporary context, how property right band rewards relating to biodiversity are and<br />

ought to be distributed. The critical legal and policy contradictions in the regimes relation<br />

to biodiversity in Kenya.<br />

11. Western Provincial Administration.<br />

Interviewed Mr. A. Famba, Provincial Agricultural Officer and Officer<br />

Discussed issues relating to the provisions for biodiversity in the palling for agriculture and<br />

the intersectoral linkages in the usage of local biodiversity in Kakamega. The relevant<br />

legal frameworks regard natural resource usage in the Agro- Biodiversity sector and how<br />

they are mediated with local interests and demands<br />

Mr. Siahanya. The Provincial Environment Officer<br />

Discussed how the Provincial government is mandated to support service provision in the<br />

area of biodiversity management, whether lcal councils are allowed to propose and<br />

implement bye-laws relating to biodiversity usage, Legal frame work relating to usage and<br />

access to common resource regimes( e.g registration, licensing of new resource points,<br />

spacing requirements between users etc)<br />

Mr. K. Moi The Provincial Forestry Officer<br />

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