Emminent Kenyans to attend meet on environmental law

A delegation of emminent Kenyans is among world scholars attending a five-day International Conference on Environmental Law and use of natural resources that opens this week at a New York University.

The conference, organised by the International Union for the Conservation for Nature, brings together law scholars, environmentalists and businesses such as banks to discuss how best environmental laws can be applied in the use of natural resources.

Co-sponsored by Unep, the Commission for Environmental Co-operation and the World Bank, the meeting will also discuss how to promote the enforcement of environmental laws in different nations.

It opens at the Pace University School of Law on Monday, October 16.

Invited speakers include the Nobel Laureate, Prof Wangari Maathai, who will give the closing address.

The chairman of Barclays Bank Kenya, Francis Okello, will present a paper entitled The role of banks in promoting compliance with environmental laws in emerging economies: The Kenyan experience, while the chairman of the National Environmental Tribunal, Donald Kaniaru, will chair a discussion on Judicial Enforcement System.

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