The Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) Mr. Alex Lemarkoko has today held discussions with the executive officers of an Austrian technological company Salzgeber IT Revolutions Company led by the CEO Mr. David Salzgeber at the KFS Headquarters to explore ways of mutual collaboration in forest management through the use of technology especially in the area of forest monitoring and surveillance.
The company is already involved in mangrove conservation at Buda Forest in Kwale County in collaboration with their partners Vlinda and the local community. They are also involved in other conservation projects in other African Countries including Tanzania, Angola and the Democtratic Republic of Congo. The CCF and Mr. Salzgeber agreed to form a technical committee that will look at areas of mutual collaboration and advice the two organisations of the way forward.
