Germany Federal Minister for environment Dr. Barbara Hendricks is set to visit Kenya for four days from Wednesday.

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On her agenda, Hendricks will hold talks with the executive directors of UN-HABITAT and UNEP in Nairobi on Thursday. 

Dr Hendricks will also meet rangers of anti-poaching-brigades from the communities at the Amboseli National Park. 

Her other agenda is to campaign against lifting bans on Ivory trade by some African countries. 

"We are strongly in favor of upholding the current bans on trade in ivory and rhino horn. In light of the fact that poaching is out of control, any relaxation of the bans would spell doom to the wild life, said Hendricks. 

We oppose the proposals submitted by Swaziland regarding rhino-horn trade, by Zimbabwe and Namibia concerning the resumption of ivory trade, and by South Africa regarding the introduction of a trade mechanism," she added prior to her to departure from Germany.

The project aims at training community rangers and improving collaboration with their Tanzanian counterparts. Since the project began, no elephant has been poached.