**************************************************************
SAVE OUR FORESTS IN KENYA!

FORESTS = WATER, ENERGY, SOIL AND HERITAGE

SIGN THE PETITION AGAINST THE PROPOSED FOREST EXCISIONS IN KENYA!
***************************************************************
The Kenyan Government announced its intention on 16 Feb 2001 via Government
Gazette Notices to excise sections of the following Kenyan forest reserves:
Eastern Mau (35,301.01 ha), South Western Mau (22,792.2 ha), Western Mau
(1,035.7 ha), Nakuru (270.5 ha), Nabkoi (74.1 ha), Mt. Kenya (1,825.2 ha),
Marmanet (2,837.4 ha), Northern Tinderet (788.3 ha), Mt. Londiani (124.9
ha ), South Nandi (34.5 ha), Molo (901.6), Kapsaret (1,194.2 ha). (The
figures in brackets refer to the number of hectares of forest land to be
excised.)

The TOTAL AREA of forest land to be excised is 67,185 ha, equivalent to 5%
of the entire area of gazetted forests in Kenya.

KENYA FORESTS WORKING GROUP (KFWG) is a gathering of institutions and
organizations (national, local and international, governmental and
non-governmental) concerned with Kenyan forests and their conservation and
management.
It is our intention to lodge formal objections to the proposed forest
excisions before the middle of March 2001. We ask for your support by
signing the petition below.

SIGN THE KENYA FORESTS WORKING GROUP PETITION HERE NOW!!!
****************************************************************
* Please write down your name, address, and the date and pass this petition
on to as many friends/colleagues as possible.
* To keep this petition tidy, please use "copy&paste" to pass this petition
on, rather than "forward", if at all possible.
* If you are the 10th person to sign either the "Kenyan citizens and
residents" list or the "Friends of Kenya abroad" list, kindly e-mail the
petition back to KFWG at [log in to unmask]
* Please note that ALL the e-petitions must be e-mailed back to KFWG at
[log in to unmask] before the DEADLINE of 10 March 2001, so that we may
lodge our objection in time.
* If you have any queries about the campaign, please contact KFWG at
[log in to unmask] Or c/o East African Wild Life Society, PO Box 20110,
Nairobi 00100, Kenya. Tel: +(254-2) 574145. Fax: +(254-2)570335
* Thank you for your support!

PLEASE SIGN EITHER THE "Kenyan citizens and residents" LIST OR THE "Friends
of Kenya abroad" LIST BELOW with your NAME, ADDRESS and DATE:

KENYAN CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS:
*********************************
Name, address, date:
1)Dr Ruth Hillary
174 Trellick Tower
Golborne Road
London W10 5UU
UK
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
10th signature: please e-mail this petition back to KFWG at:
[log in to unmask]

FRIENDS OF KENYA ABROAD:
***************************
 Name, address, date:
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
10th signature: please e-mail this petition back to KFWG at:
[log in to unmask]





Dr Ruth Hillary
UK Expert to ISO TC 207 ES/1 WG2
Editor-in-Chief ([log in to unmask])
Corporate Environmental Strategy:
International Journal of Corporate Sustainability
www.corporate-env-strategy.com
Editorial Office
c/o NEMA
174 Trellick Tower
Golborne Road
London W10 5UU
UK
Tel/fax: +44 (0)20 8968 6950
Mobile Tel: +44 (0)771 471 8981
(e-mail: [log in to unmask])
Editor of the CBI Environmental Management Handbook
Editor Business and the Environment Practitioners Series