Environment experts have called for more focus on conservation approaches that will help fight against climate change.
They want the government to work with known environmental bodies to initiate and implement programmes to help achieve sustainable food security, energy, sanitation and water resources.
One of the environment experts, Dr Paul Sewe, said the national and county government should put more resources towards mitigating the impact of the global changes that are negatively affecting the environment in many parts of the country.
"This has led to drought, reduced food production, lack of clean water and rise in diseases," he said.
Sewe spoke while leading a team of environmental experts on a mission to assess the environmental degradation in Nyatike subcounty on Tuesday.
"This country has qualified experts to oversee the implementation of good environmental programmes, to ensure sustainable food, clean water, energy and sanitation resources in long term practices," he said.
Prof Mildred Wandiga from the Global International for Environmental Sustainability Unit said Kenya can benefit from programmes such as those previously implemented under the Lake Victoria Environment Management Programme.
The programmes, although now scaled down, aimed at enabling the Lake region communities to meet their goals in food demands following the application of new farming techniques.
This put Kenya among 14 countries in the world in which the model-inter weaving of the impact of climate changes took place in the 20th century.
Through the LAVEMP efforts, farmers were trained on how to protect water catchment areas and increase forest cover.
Also, how to use new techniques that prevent soil erosion by applying the correct land tilling methods on sloppy landscapes.
The experts expressed concern that communities in many African countries suffer the dire effects of poor environmental management because of lack of information to remedy the destruction inflicted by human activities.
