Overview
JUCAN is DANIDA funded research project jointly implemented by The University of Nairobi (UoN)- Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies (WMI), Institute for Development Studies (IDS) and Department of Geography, Population and Environmental Studies;, the University of Copenhagen (UCPH), and the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). The project research focus on the governance of the investments in Nature based Solutions (NbS), which are, in brief, actions that aim at benefiting climate, biodiversity and people simultaneously. JUCAN sets out to learn from the institutional dynamics and government arrangements of NbS in Kenya. JUCAN team held its first meeting in Nairobi at the Wangari Maathai Institute which occupies 50 acres of beautifully landscaped land between 22 and 24th May 2024
![JUCAN meeting in progress lead by PI Prof Iben Nathan](/sites/wmi.uonbi.ac.ke/files/inline-images/Picture1.jpg)
![JUCAN Kenyan, UON team above and Denmark team below plant a tree to mark the start of JUCAN project at WMI’](/sites/wmi.uonbi.ac.ke/files/inline-images/Picture2.jpg)
Work Package | Team members |
WP1 | Prof. Iben Nathan, IFRO/KU - PI Professor Karuti Kanyinga, IDS/UoN |
WP2 | Dr. Martin Marani, DGES/UoN Dr. Mikkel Funder, DIIS |
WP3 | Dr. Jane Mutune, WMI/UoN Dr. Rahma Hassan, IDS/UoN – Post Doc Dr. Marie Gravesen, DIIS |
WP4 | Prof. Thuita Thenya, WMI/UoN – Co-PI Prof. Martin R. Nielsen IFRO/UoN |
Initials
IDS: Institute for Development Studies, DGES: Department of Geography, Population and Environmental Studies, WMI- Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, UoN: the University of Nairobi (UoN); IFRO: The Department of Food and Resource Economics; UCPH: the University of Copenhagen; DIIS: Danish Institute of International Studies; WP: Work Package.
Sponsor
DANIDA