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Kenya signed the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in 2000 and fulfilled the ratification requirements in 2003, while in 2006, the Government adopted the Policy on Biotechnology, which stresses the role of biotechnology as a lever for poverty reduction, food security, and conservation of the environment

Until 2008, the regulatory framework for the privatization of public enterprises (PEs) was based on the Policy Paper on Public Enterprises Reform and Privatization, and strategic criteria for exclusion from privatization include national security, health, and environment protection

Plant varieties as provided for in the Seeds and Plant Varieties Act; and inventions contrary to public order, morality, public health and safety, principles of humanity, and environmental conservation are non-patentable

Environmental impact assessment levy is applied to tea producers in Kenya

The Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife is responsible for forestry policy formulation and implementation in order to, inter alia, enhance the integrated rehabilitation and conservation of degraded natural resources; mainstream community and stakeholders participation in protecting, conserve and manage forestry; improve the productivity, and sustainable use of forestry resources, including through the export prohibitions of timber from indigenous tree species

A National Industrialization Policy (NIP) was formulated but not yet officially adopted, recognizes the role of an emerging regional market and the need to harmonize policy interventions at the regional level, including green energy

The Government has developed the National Energy Policy to encourage exploitation of the renewable and other sources of energy among others, with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), an independent sector regulatory agency established under the Energy Act, 2006, is responsible for economic and technical regulation of, inter alia, electrical power and renewable energy, such hydropower, while protecting the environment

The Tourism Act 2011 consolidated all the legal instruments in the tourism industry and provides for incentive schemes for imported capital goods for investment in sustainable tourism activities to tap into the rich combination of unique natural tourist biodiversity assets, cultural heritage and geographically diverse landscapes, by, among other things, facilitating the provision of environmental goods and services for improved livelihoods of the citizens

There are four programmes under the Strategic Plan for Agricultural Transformation in Rwanda – Phase II, including Programme 1 entilted Intensification and Development of Sustainable Production and aiming at increasing and intensifying productivity of agriculture and animal resources by focusing on soil conservation

Rwanda has prioritised attracting investment in the following areas: (i) information, communication and technology; (ii) tourism; (iii) energy ; (iv) agriculture and agro-based industries, fishing and forestry; (v) industry; (vi) re-export trade; (vii) mining; (viii) research; (ix) infrastructure; and (x) waste recycling