Kenya's national report to the United Nations on the human environment

In response to the United Nations General Assembly resolution 2398 (XXIII), steps were taken by the Kenya Government early in 1971 to participate in the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in 1972. In April 1971, a Working Committee on the Human Environment in Kenya was set up under the chairmanship of the Permanent Secretary for Natural Resources. For the purpose of preparing this National Report a Secretariat was then established and a specialist questionnaire prepared and distributed to 170 experts and laymen conversant with the many fields involved. About 40 per cent of those approached supplied written submissions and in addition some verbal interviews were carried out. This report is based on these sources of information and on a wide variety of published material.