Environmental management research and training in Coast Province, Kenya

The natural environment of the Kenyan coast is threatened in many ways. A study day was organized on August 7, 1996, by the School of Environmental Studies, Moi University, Eldoret, with presentations on the activities and research priorities of organizations concerned with coastal environment issues. This report contains presentations on district environment management by Henry Munga'sia; the Coast Development Authority by Bonfance Mwandotto; maritime research priorities for the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, by Enock Wakwabi; the marine programmes of the Kenya Wildlife Service, by Nyawira Muthiga; the wetlands conservation project of the Kenya Wildlife Service, by Els Martens; small fisheries research in Kwale District, by Anthony King and Delphine Malleret-King; priorities in botanical research in coastal Kenya, by S. Ann Robertson; Kaya Forest conservation on the Kenya coast, by Anthony Githito; wasteland rehabilitation, by Sabine Baer; activities of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, by Srinivasan Sithanantham & Z. Ngalo Otieno; activities of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, by Geoffrey Kamau; the Coral Reef Conservation Project, by Nyawira Muthiga and Tim McClanahan; and the training course on Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology of the Free University of Brussels, by Nanette Daro