Mipaka ya misitu itachorwa upya na mlifikiri mliangusha ile bill ya Korir.
The forest conservation and management (amendment) bill 2021 seeks to delete clause 34(2) from the 2016 act, which makes it mandatory for authorities to veto anyone trying to alter forest boundaries. The same clause protects forests from actions that put rare, threatened or endangered species at risk.26 Jan 20
Environmentalists fear a proposal to allow boundary changes to protected areas will open the door to deforestation
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KFS to lose forests boundary altering power in new Bill
THURSDAY JANUARY 13 2022
Chief conservatoire of Forests at the Kenya Forest Service Julius Kamau. PHOTO | POOL
The Kenya Forest Service (KFS) will lose powers to sanction the variation of boundaries of a public forest or excision of a public forest if Parliament approves proposed changes to the law.
The National Assembly’s Procedure and House Rules Committee wants MPs to repeal a section of the Forest Conservation and Management Act 2016, which protects forests from actions that endanger any rare, threatened or endangered species.
Through the Forest Conservation and Management (Amendment) Bill 2021, the committee wants to delete section 34(2) of the law that compels petitioners seeking variation of boundaries or excision of public forest to get the concurrence of the KFS.
KFS will lose powers to sanction the variation of boundaries of a public forest or excision of a public forest if Parliament approves proposed changes to the law.
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