Author: By Lilian Ochieng'

Audio By Vocalize Questions over government approval and UNESCO’s engagement with local groups are adding to concerns about how the proposal relates to Mrima Hill. Community forest groups and Kaya elders in Kwale want UNESCO’s proposed Kwale-Tanga Transboundary Biosphere put on hold. They say the proposal must first be formally disclosed so that communities can scrutinise it. The dispute now raises a wider question than consultation. What has the Kenyan Government authorised? And why does UNESCO appear to be engaging people on the ground before the Government’s role and position are clear? UNESCO invited representatives of all 12 Community Forest…

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