New things in EMCA
Five major changes to EMCA 1999 embraced in Environmental Management and Coordination (Amendment) Act 2015?
a) State of Environment Report will be prepared biannually instead of annually (Section 9.2p)
b) Increased mandate for NEMA e.g. audit and determine the net worth or value of natural resources in Kenya (Section 9.2bb)
c) Formation of County Environment Committees (Section 29)
d) Abolition of National Environment Council, Standard Enforcement Review Committee and National Environment Action Plan Committee
e) Increased penalties for commission of environmental crimes (Section 144)
Questions
a) State of Environment Report will be prepared biannually instead of annually (Section 9.2p)
b) Increased mandate for NEMA e.g. audit and determine the net worth or value of natural resources in Kenya (Section 9.2bb)
c) Formation of County Environment Committees (Section 29)
d) Abolition of National Environment Council, Standard Enforcement Review Committee and National Environment Action Plan Committee
e) Increased penalties for commission of environmental crimes (Section 144)
Questions
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How is your institution or people from your locality supposed to reorient their engagements in environmental activities based on the Revised EMCA 2015?