KARURA FOREST – MORE THAN JUST A PLEASANT WALK IN THE WOODS
By Harvey Croze Half past four in the morning. Normally the quietest time of day in suburban Nairobi. And there it is...
Use or Destroy: The Economics of Ivory Stockpiles
In their research paper, Alejandro Nadal and Franscisco Aguayo, examine the economic arguments surrounding the fate of ivory stockpiles. ...
Recommendations on Saving Nairobi Nation Park from SGR Encroachment
In the wake of the recent controversial decision to route the second phase of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) through the Nairobi Nation Park,...
List of Kakamega Forest Bird Species in Decline
Crested Guineafowl. Last reported August 2001. Great Blue Turaco. Numbers may be declining post-2007, with maybe < 6 birds remaining. Black-billed Turaco. Last...
CITES Conference Ends with a Number of New Resolutions
The 17th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) that ended...
Interview with Kitili Mbathi, Director General, Kenya Wildlife Service
From Banking to Conservation: Kitili Mbathi, Director General, Kenya Wildlife Service, explains the transition to Swara’s Editorial Board Chair, William Pike, in an interview:...
NEMA Issues EIA Licence for Lamu Coal-Powered Plant in Contravention of Constitutional and EMCA...
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the Lamu Coal-Powered Plant was filed in July 2016 by Amu Power Company Limited after which members...
Court Restrains Planned Railway Construction in Nairobi National Park
A Kenyan court has ordered the government not to proceed with the planned construction of the so-called Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) through the Nairobi...
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