Mau Forest Threatened: A Dam in the woodland not an Option!
The Kenyan population is rising rapidly while important natural resources such as forests that are crucial life support systems are threatened. The constitution stipulates...
UN Urges Countries to Commit to Restore Billion Hectares of Degraded Land
NAIROBI, June 4 - Facing the triple threat of climate change, loss of nature, and pollution, the world must deliver on its commitment to...
Archbishop leads students in tree planting exercise
Mombasa Archbishop Martin Kivuva led hundreds of Loreto convent school children and their teachers in planting over 1000 trees in Pope Francis forest. The...
Tanzania honoured at the Goldman Environmental Prize
Tanzania was honoured as one of the recipients of the Goldman Environmental Prize, announced by the Goldman Environmental Foundation, which recognises individuals for sustained...
Kenyan Court Issues Injunction against Avocado Farming in Amboseli
NAIROBI, March 24 – A Kenyan court has ordered a company that is working to establish an avocado farm near the Amboseli National Park,...
Kenya to push for international ban on ivory trade
Kenya will push for a total ban on global ivory trade during the Conference of the Parties (CoP17) meeting in South Africa this September....
Proposed Dam Threatens Uganda’s Murchison Falls Ecosystem, Cultural Heritage
By Curtis Abraham
Kampala, July 26 - A plan to construct a 360MW power plant on Uganda’s River Nile, at Murchison Falls National Park in...
Good News for Samburu: Larsens is back!
By Santiago Legarre
Safari enthusiasts will be pleased to hear that the iconic Larsens...
Over 90 per cent of sampled salt brands contain micro-plastics – study
Nairobi, Oct 19 - Over 90 per cent of sampled salt brands globally were found to contain micro-plastics, with the highest number coming from...
Tanzania Government orders herders out of protected areas
Thousands of heads of cattle, goats and sheep have crossed into Tanzania from neighboring Kenya and Uganda in recent months searching for water and...
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NAIROBI, Nov 28 (Swara) – Elephants in Kenya have demonstrated an ability to adapt to and ignore surveillance drones, a discovery researchers...
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Soroi Samburu Lodge: Reviving a Classic on the Banks of the Ewaso Nyiro
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World-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall dies at 91
Nairobi, Oct 2 (Swara) – Dr Jane Goodall, the pioneering British primatologist whose 65-year study of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania transformed the...