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Contact Persons:
Mr. Paul O. Ongugo (Chair, IHDP-Kenya) Head, Natural Forests Research Program Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) P.O. Box 20412 00200 City Square, Nairobi, Kenya Phone: +254 66 32 009; 66 32 891/2/3 Fax: +254 66 32 844; 66 32 009 E-mail: kefri@arcc.or.ke, sftc@kefri.org, ifriknya@africaonline.co.ke Web: http://www.kefri.org
Dr. Margaret Hutchinson (Scientific Secretary, IHDP-Kenya) Department of Crop Protection University of Nairobi P.O. Box 30197 00100 GPO, Nairobi, Kenya E-mail: hutchjesang@yahoo.com
Members of the Kenyan Committee of the IHDP:
Mr. Eric Bosire (Co-Chair, IHDP-Kenya) Project Officer, Forest Action Network Coordinator, Resource Tenure Institute (RTI) P.O. Box 21428 00200 Nairobi, Kenya Phone: +254 271 8398 FAx: +254 271 8398 E-mail: ebosire@fanworld.org; fankenya@africaonline.co.ke
Ms. Evelyne Kiptot Kenya Forestry Research Institute ( KEFRI) P.O. Box 20412 00200 City Square, Nairobi, Kenya E-mail: kefri@arcc.or.ke, lfriknya@africaonline.co.ke Web: http://www.kefri.org and Department of Social Sciences University of Wageningen Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN Wageningen, Netherlands Phone: +31 317 48 2776 Email: evelyne.kiptot@wur.nl Web: http://www.sls.wau.nl/tad/staff/Staffstb/Evelyne.Kiptot.htm Areas of expertise: Us of community based approaches in scaling out the benefits of agroforestry
Ms. Jane Njuguna Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) P.O. Box 20412 City Square, 00200 Nairobi, Kenya E-mail: kefri@arcc.or.ke, lfriknya@africaonline.co.ke Web: http://www.kefri.org
Mr. Stephen Mwandoto Insitute for Meteorological Training and Research (IMTR) Kenya Meteorological Department P.O. Box 30259 00200 Nairobi, Kenya E-mail: mwandoto@hotmail.com; stephen.mwandoto@lion.meteo.go.ke Web: http://www.meteo.go.ke
Mr. Peter Okoth GIS Scientist and Project Information Manager (BGBD Network) International Centre for for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - African Office Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute (TSBF - CIAT) ICRAF Campus UN Avenue, Gigiri P.O. Box 30677 00100 Nairobi, Kenya Phone: +254 20 7224 775 Fax: +254 20 7224 764 E-mail: p.okoth@cgiar.org Web: http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/africa/team.htm
Dr. Samuel Okuthe Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) Kaptagad Rd., Loresho Nairobi Kenya P.O. Box 57811 City Square, 00200 Nairobi, Kenya Phone: +254 020 4183 720; +254 020 4183 301 Fax: +254 020 418 3344; +254 020 418 3720 E-mail: esd@iconnect.co.ke; resource.center@kari.org Web: http://www.kari.org
Mr. Paul O. Ongugo (Chair, IHDP-Kenya) Head, Natural Forests Research Program Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) P.O. Box 20412 00200 City Square, Nairobi, Kenya Phone: +254 66 32 009; 66 32 891/2/3 Fax: +254 66 32 844; 66 32 009 E-mail: kefri@arcc.or.ke, sftc@kefri.org, ifriknya@africaonline.co.ke Web: http://www.kefri.org
Dr. Helida A. Oyieke Assistant Director, Centre for Biodiversity National Museums of Kenya P.O. Box 40658 00200 Nairobi, Kenya Phone: +254 20 374 2131 E-mail: cbd@museums.or.ke Web: http://www.museums.or.ke/rescbd.html; http://www.museums.or.ke/wetland/staff.html Areas of expertise: marine ecology and botany, biodiversity management and policy issues
Key IDGEC issues in Kenya:
  • Water pollution from urban and industrial waters
  • Degradation of water quality from increased use of pesticides and fertilizers
  • Deforestation
  • Soil erosion
  • Desertification
  • Poaching
Publications:
Ongugo, P. (2001): Proceedings of the National Workshop on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change in Kenya. Completed as part of the IHDP Seed Grant Initiative. Available online at http://www.ihdp.org under "Seed Grant Initiative"