Vital Signs Facilitates Advanced Spatial Analysis Training for Kenyan Officials
June 7, 2019
Posted by: ajamah
By Tom Kiptenai
On May 6-17, Conservation International’s Vital Signs program facilitated advanced training on spatial analysis of land use/land cover change for a technical team of Kenya’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry in Perth, Australia.
Vital Signs and Green House Gas Management Institute Convene a Capacity Building Workshop on Kenya’s GHG Inventory Development
April 17, 2019
Posted by: bkibiti
By Mike Olendo & Muthoni Rose
The System for Land-Based Emissions Estimation in Kenya (SLEEK) is a cutting-edge system that will track emissions in Kenya with a primary aim of allowing Kenya to accurately estimate and track its carbon emissions in the land sector. Simply put, SLEEK is Kenya’s Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system for the land-sector. Data on weather, biological growth models and land cover maps will be used to estimate changes in Kenya’s land-sector emissions over time.
Vital Signs Acknowledges the Value of Participatory Scenario Planning
April 12, 2019
Posted by: bkibiti
African countries including Kenya are experiencing a faster rate in the development of linear infrastructure. Governments have put in their agenda a clear roadmap on how they intend to attain economic growth. Economists strongly believe that infrastructural development is central to economic growth. To this effect, Kenya has been implementing major liner projects while some are under the development phase.
Vital Signs Supports the Development of Kenya’s Data Integration for Sustainable Development Platform
April 8, 2019
Posted by: bkibiti
The desire for evidenced-based policies and practices cannot be overemphasized when the world is grappling with issues of climate change, increase in human population, and conflict among other. In Kenya, different agencies have collected data over a long period of time. However, the greatest challenge has been how to bring these data together to inform decision making.
Vital Signs Showcases Data Integration Platform in High-Level Meeting in Nairobi
March 25, 2019
Posted by: bkibiti
On March 13, 2019, Vital Signs showcased the progress of the online data integration platform we are developing in partnership with the government of Kenya during a High-Level Dialogue on Sustainable Development, Conservation and Climate Action on the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) in Nairobi.