WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT (PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED AND THREATENED ECOSYSTEMS, HABITATS AND SPECIES) REGULATIONS, 2016

The purpose of these Regulation is to-
(a) implement the classification of ecosystems, habitats and species into the following categories-
(i) critically endangered; D R A F T
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(ii) endangered;
(iii) vulnerable;
(iv) protected; and
(v) threatened.
(b) provide for protection of ecosystems that are threatened or endangered so as to maintain their ecological integrity;
(c) provide for the protection of species that are threatened, endangered, vulnerable, or protected to ensure their survival in the wild;
(d) implement Kenya’s obligations under international agreements regulating international trade in endangered species; and
(e) ensure sustainable management and utilisation of biodiversity.

Source of regulation

Ministry of Environment and Forestry 

Publication of regulation

THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT 

Date of implementation

01 January 2016 

Regulation file