Rescue Fund Created for Mara Conservancies Hit by COVID-19 Pandemic
Nairobi, Nov 25 - A new $5 million fund has been created to help wildlife conservancies that border Kenya's renowned Mara National Reserve to...
KWS Pilot Killed in a Plane Crash
Nairobi, Nov 19 – A light aircraft belonging to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) crashed at Magadi on Thursday killing the pilot, the service...
Tusk Conservation Awards to be Announced Virtually on December 3
Nairobi, Nov 17 – This year’s Tusk Conservation Awards that recognize the efforts of leading conservationists in Africa will take place virtually on December...
Climate Change Threatens Health, Food, Water Security in Africa – Report
Nairobi, Oct 27 - Increasing temperatures and sea levels, changing precipitation patterns and more extreme weather are threatening human health and safety, food and...
Oil Pipeline Threatens Protected Areas in Uganda and Tanzania
By Robert Magori
Nairobi, Oct 27 - The proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), which is expected to be the longest heated crude oil...
Cats and the Sofa Safaris of Ol Pejeta
By Santiago Legarre
In the middle of the partial Covid-19 lockdown, I was lucky enough to spend a few days at Ol Pejeta, 12 kilometres...
‘Toxic blooms’ and climate change to blame for deaths of 300 elephants, say Botswana...
Nairobi, September 24 - Toxins in water produced by cyanobacteria killed more than 300 elephants in Botswana this year, officials said on Monday, announcing...
WWF Report Underlines Humanity’s Catastrophic Destruction of Nature
Nairobi, Sept 11 – A new report by the conservation group WWF provides unequivocal evidence that nature is unravelling and that humanity’s destruction of...
Work to Rescue Northern White Rhino Resumes with Successful Egg Harvest
Nairobi, Aug 18 - Twelve months after the groundbreaking first harvest of eggs from the remaining last two female northern white rhinos, an international team...
Fires in Tsavo West National Park Brought Under Control
Nairobi, Aug 10 – Teams of fire fighters from NGOs, government agencies and groups of volunteers on Monday managed to put out several fires...
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