Forest Advocacy Groups Warn Against Lifting Kenya’s Logging Ban
Nairobi, 7th July 2023 (Swara) – The Kenya Forest Working Group (KFWG) and East African Wildlife Society (EAWLS) have voiced significant concern regarding President...
Climate Change: Countries Missing Emissions Reduction Targets – UN
NAIROBI, Oct 27 (Swara) - New and updated climate commitments fall far short of what is needed to meet the goals of the Paris...
Adopt an Acre: Help Maasai Communities Tide over Covid-19 Crisis
With the closing down of safari tourism for the immediate future as a result of the global Coronavirus Pandemic, there is growing concern about...
Kenyan Herders Kill Six More Lions in Amboseli
Nairobi, May 14 (Swara) – Members of a community adjacent to the Amboseli National Park killed six lions in retaliation after the big cats...
Poachers Kill Two Rare White Giraffes in Kenya
Nairobi, March 10 - Poachers have killed two rare white giraffes - a female and its calf - at the Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy...
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...
One of Kenya’s oldest Black Rhinos Dies in Lewa Conservancy
One of Kenya’s oldest black rhinos has died in the country’s Lewa Wildlife Conservancy at the ripe old of age of 42. Solio, also...
4 Suspects arrested in connection with the Ol- Pejeta Rhino killing
Four suspected poachers have been arrested in connection with the killing of a female Black Rhino at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia County. Two...
Universities Pledge Net-Zero Emissions in New Initiative
NAIROBI, Oct 31 (Swara) - More than 1,000 universities from 68 countries have made a range of new commitments to reach net-zero emissions by...
New method to detect poaching shows major improvements
A team of scientists from Wildlife Conservation Society, University of York, and Uganda Wildlife Authority have developed a new method of detecting illegal...
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