One of the main environmental concerns of the 21^st Century is biodiversity conservation. Biodiversity has continued to rapidly be lost through habitat loss and fragmentation, over exploitation, introduction of alien species, chemical pollution, land and forest degradation, and global climate change. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), more than 40 percent of all living species are at the risk of soon becoming extinct. In fact, in the past decade, IUCN has declared more than ten animal species extinct. In 2002 Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) agreed to set themselves the goal to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss at all spatial scales by 2020. Unfortunately, according to the Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 report, actions taken towards the CBD 2010 targets were not sufficient to address pressures on nature in most places. More recently, a follow-up attempt was made by the CBD to set goals for countries for sustainable management of natural resources. The 20 ambitious Aichi Biodiversity Targets (https://www.cbd.int/sp/targets/) broadly aim to protect biodiversity while supporting sustainable human development, consumption and production. With human global population projected to increase between 8 and 11 billion by 2050, biodiversity degradation is also expected to accelerate due to increase in resource demand unless drastic mitigation measures are urgently taken. Therefore, it is very urgent and important that countries formulate and implement policies and laws that will ensure that biodiversity degradation does not continue unabated but instead it is reversed and monitored for its sustainability. This keynote address which will be given at the annual international Biodiversity Informatiion Standards conference that will be held from September 28 - 1 October 2015 in Nairobi, will examine the policies, strategies and laws that have been put in place by the Republic of Kenya to address the issue of biodiversity conservation as well as the on-going activities.