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Kenyans
win prestigious UNDP International Photo
Journalist Award, 18 November 2009
Two photojournalists from Kenya will
receive awards on 18 November in New
York, for the "Picture This: Caring
for the Earth," photo contest.
They are; Jacob Otieno from Standard
Newspaper and Simon Ndegwa a freelancer.
The contest is sponsored by the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP),
the AFP Foundation and Olympus Corporation,
and was launched in June 2009. The contest
sought photo entries portraying the
people of Africa as stewards and protectors
of their environment. Photos submitted
were expected to document people in
Africa working to mitigate or prevent
the effects of climate change or environmental
degradation. . Click
to read more
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| FEATURES, RELEASES, EVENTS |
United
Nations Development Assistance Framework
launched on 12 November, 2009
The UN Resident and
Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr Aeneas
Chuma, has launched the United Nations
Development Assistance Framework, commonly
referred to as UNDAF, for the period
2009 - 2013. This is a five year strategic
plan for the UN programmes in Kenya
emerging from partnerships between the
Government and UN agencies and programmes
working in Kenya.UNDAF is rooted in
the vision 2030 and Medium Term Plan
of the government, and is fully aligned
in recognition to the importance of
development of Kenya.. . . Read
the full text of the UNDAF. |
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Commercial
Insects and Forest Conservation Report
This is a joint project by
United Nations Development Programme
and International Centre for Insect
Physiology and Ecology ICIPE. The aim
of this project was to strengthen the
protection of three different forest
reserves in Kenya; Arabuko-Sokoke, Kakamega
and Mwingi, by improving incentives
to adjacent communities for them to
collaborate in forest management. Such
incentives are most effective when they
are based on sustainable use of forest
biodiversity, since this gives local
communities a direct stake in forest
conservation without threatening the
resource base. Commercial insects (like
bees and silkmoths) are ideal for this
purpose. They give quick rewards, use
renewable resources (nectar, pollen
and leaves), and are technically relatively
simple and easily adopted.. Read
more
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