Meet Swara Magazine Contributor, Rupi Mangat
Nairobi, Oct 18 (Swara) - We’re lucky enough to be interviewing travel and environmental writer Rupi Mangat today in our #MeetTheContributor series. She has...
Uganda’s Environment Watchdog Says Sugar Firm Damaged Forest, Orders Restoration
NAIROBI, Oct 7 (Swara) – Uganda’s National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has found that a private company allowed to establish a sugar plantation in...
Baffling Decision to Have Coca-Cola as UN Climate Conference Sponsor
NAIROBI, Oct 5 (Swara) - The government of Egypt has announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Coca-Cola, introducing the company as...
Countries Commit to Strengthen Conservation of Migratory Waterbirds
Nairobi, Oct 4 (Swara) - The Eighth Meeting of the Parties (MOP8) to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) held under...
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...
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Satellite Imagery Reveals Elephants Choose Paths Leading to their Favourite Food
Nairobi, Dec 16 - As the human-elephant conflict continues to rise across Africa, researchers are searching for new ways to keep a watchful eye...
Study Finds Rhinos Experience Physical Exertion During Translocation
Nairobi, Dec 15 (Swara) – A rhino can experience physical exertion during translocation similar to the strain felt by a runner participating in a...
Kenya’s President Forbids Harvesting of Iconic Baobab Trees
NAIROBI, Nov 23 (Swara) – Kenya’s President William Ruto has called a halt to the uprooting of the iconic baobab trees in the coastal...
COP27 Ends with Pact on New “Loss and Damage” Fund for Vulnerable Countries
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Nov 21 (Swara) - The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 ended on November 20 in the Egyptian city of Sharm...
Meet Swara Magazine Contributor Brian Finch
Nairobi, Oct 25 (Swara) - We’re lucky enough to have another SWARA Magazine contributor on the Exact Editions blog this week -- Brian Finch....
Meet Swara Magazine Contributor, Rupi Mangat
Nairobi, Oct 18 (Swara) - We’re lucky enough to be interviewing travel and environmental writer Rupi Mangat today in our #MeetTheContributor series. She has...
Uganda’s Environment Watchdog Says Sugar Firm Damaged Forest, Orders Restoration
NAIROBI, Oct 7 (Swara) – Uganda’s National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has found that a private company allowed to establish a sugar plantation in...