A Review of the Nairobi National Park Plan 2020-2030
Restoration calls for good science to guide management
By David Western
Nairobi, July 22 - Nairobi National Park (NNP) was gazetted as Kenya’s first park in...
Rafiki, Uganda’s Charismatic Mountain Gorilla Killed
By Curtis Abraham
Kampala, June 16 - The global lockdown to stem the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic appears to have indirectly led to the...
Grey Crowned Crane Numbers in Steep Decline in Kenya
Nairobi, May 24 - The Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) is the world’s fastest declining crane. Found only in sub-Saharan Africa, the Grey Crowned...
Hell’s Gate Needs Tender Loving Care – Not the Love Festival
by Paula Kahumbu
Nairobi, Jan 21 - Many people are shocked, as I am, by the approval given to hold two large-scale public events in...
On Valentine’s Day, Activists Urge Halt to Tree Felling in Nairobi
Nairobi, Feb 14 – A coalition of campaigners dedicated to the protection of green spaces in Kenya marked Valentine’s Day by urging the government...
Elephant Poaching Has Only Declined in East Africa – Report
Nairobi, July 2 - Although initial research suggested otherwise, poaching of African elephants has not decreased since 2011 in western, southern, and central Africa,...
EAWLS Condemns Attempt to Weaken Kenya’s Forest Conservation Law
NAIROBI, Jan 17 (Swara) – The East African Wild Life Society today voiced grave concern over an attempt by the rules committee of the...
COVID-19: Persecution of Bats Unjustified
By Curtis Abraham
Kampala, June 29 - Various species of bats, key environmental service providers, are being persecuted and exterminated in parts of the world...
Kisumu’s Beautiful Dunga Swamp Burns
By Rupi Mangat
KISUMU, Kenya, Jan 18 (Swara) – A fire in Kisumu, the lakeshore city in western Kenya, in mid-December destroyed half of Dunga...
Giraffes Floated to Safety from Flooded Kenyan Island
NAIROBI, March 4 – Rescuers have succeeded in moving to safety another giraffe marooned in a flooded island on Lake Baringo in the Kenyan...
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Monsoon, the Elephant Matriarch of Kenya’s North Dies
Nairobi, Sept 29 (Swara) - A wild African female elephant who survived being shot by poachers five times and delighted scientists by giving birth...
African Biodiversity Alliance (ACBA) Strategy Launched
NAIROBI, Aug 14 (Swara) - Formed in February 2020, the African CSO Biodiversity Alliance (ACBA) provides a platform for African civil society organisations (CSOs)...
Toolbox to Reduce Conflict between Elephants and People Launched
NAIROBI, Aug 12 (Swara) - Save the Elephants (STE), the Kenyan-based research and conservation organisation, has developed a unique "how to" manual, the Human-Elephant...
Mt Kenya National Park Showcased in Photo Exhibition
NAIROBI, Aug 4 (Swara) – Kenya’s Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife has launched a month-long photo exhibition at the headquarters of the National Museums...
Kenyatta Dam, an Endangered Wetland with Endangered Birds
By John Wanyoike
I am a passionate birder from Kuresoi in Kenya’s Nakuru County. One morning in February 2022, I went on a birding excursion...
Fanaka: First Baby Mountain Bongo Born in the Wild through Conservation Efforts
NANYUKI, Kenya, July 28 (Swara) - The first baby Mountain Bongo born in the wild through an 18-yearlong conservation programme has been captured on...
Amboseli from Up in the Air
By Santiago Legarre
An invitation from Ol Tukai Lodge made my latest visit to Amboseli National Park possible. In a forthcoming contribution to the October...