Dr. Oscar Koech, Lecturer from the University of Nairobi (UoN), Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) provided technical training to trainees from Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya within the Mandera Triangle. The training covered Cross-border natural resource management by the communities and the guidelines for developing a cross border resource sharing agreement.

This initiative is part of the Global Centres for Climate and Environment program of the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD

AFAS will link with the Department of Earth and Climate Sciences (which hosts the ICCA) MSc program on Climate Change Adaptation by adding an additional focus on the potential of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to address climate change adaptation and biodiversity conservation in West and East Africa’s savannas. For this MSc program UoN and AFAS are inviting applications for students from Africa for a total of 10 fully funded fellowships.