Kenya Wildlife Service is a regulatory agency mandated to conserve
and manage wildlife in Kenya, and to enforce related laws and
regulations. It has the following functions:
•Undertake risk assessment for experiments in protected
areas.
•Authorizes bioprospecting arrangements with other
institutions.
•Coordinates issuance of biological material transfer agreements
for protected areas
•Social economic evaluation of imports / exports related to human
wildlife interface (local communities adjacent to protected
areas).
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