Department of Geography & Environmental Studies Students Participate in SLUSE International Field Class, 1st March to 12th March 2019 AT KIBUGU, EMBU COUNTY.

The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies was well represented at the International Workshop on mitigating hierarchy to manage biodiversity impacts. This workshop was organized at an international level by The Biodiversity Consultancy (TBC) from Cambridge at the National Museums of Kenya on 5th March 2019. Both staff, students and alumni of the Department attended this workshop. The aim of the workshop is to create awareness on the World Bank’s IFC criteria for development projects done in and around areas of conservation.

Open Data Day is an event that happens within cities around the world and mostly in countries that have affiliated institutions with OpenStreetMap. OpenStreetMap is a project started in the UK to create free editable maps that can be used by registered members who have grown to 2 million. The theme of this year’s Open Data Day in Nairobi was ‘Everything from Open Data to Crowd sourcing in one session’. The activities during this year’s celebrations were interactive sessions on how to access open data, how to create open data through various platforms, how to use Marathon.