African Conservancies Fund Feted in Global Awards
NAIROBI, Oct 14 - The African Conservancies Fund (ACF) that was created to support wildlife conservancies in Kenya’s Masai Mara region amid the devastating...
Agroforestry Yields Livelihood Improvements for Farmers in Kenya
Nairobi, Jan 9 - Scientists from World Agroforestry (ICRAF) have found modest, yet statistically significant, improvements in the livelihoods of farmers involved with an...
Over One-Third of World’s Trees at Risk of Extinction – IUCN
NAIROBI, Oct 29 (Swara)—In a groundbreaking revelation, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has reported that 38 per cent of...
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Elephants Learn to Ignore Drones, Opening New Doors for Research
NAIROBI, Nov 28 (Swara) – Elephants in Kenya have demonstrated an ability to adapt to and ignore surveillance drones, a discovery researchers...
COP30 Ends with Major Finance Commitments but No Fossil-Fuel Phaseout Deal
Belém, Brazil, Nov 24 (Swara) - COP30 closed in the Brazilian city of Belém on Saturday after marathon overnight talks, with UN...
KWS Rescues Giraffes and Zebras Stranded by Rising Lake Naivasha
Nairobi, Nov 21 (Swara) - Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and its partners have mounted an emergency wildlife rescue and translocation operation to...
Return to the Wild: Rediscovering Ashnil Mara’s Timeless Allure
By Santiago Legarre
I met the managing director of Ashnil Hotels many years ago, at the Argentine Embassy in...
Soroi Samburu Lodge: Reviving a Classic on the Banks of the Ewaso Nyiro
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At the inception of the 20th century, the renowned photographers Martin and Osa Johnson travelled to...
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...