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Kenya has been implementing an active environmental management programme including education and public awareness. Most Kenyans are therefore aware of the link between environmental management and human well-being. They know that environmental degradation exacerbates poverty and undermines economic progress. Of course, there are still those who lack appreciation of the ecosystem services that are central to our wellbeing but these are a minority. It can be logically deduced therefore, that Kenya’s environmental reporting eff orts are beginning to make a signifi cant contribution to sustainable development.
This edition of the state of the environment (SoE) report profi les Kenya’s environmental resources as an asset for the country’s development under the theme ‘Our Environment: Supporting the Delivery of Vision 2030’. To this end, the report highlights the opportunities presented by Kenya’s natural resource base to support Vision 2030. It also assesses the state and threats to key resources including land, water, wetlands, biodiversity, forests, coastal and marine resources. In addition, issues related to economics, poverty and gender; and their interlinkages with the environment are discussed.