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Managing Human-wildlife Conflict through community engagement

March 4, 2024

By Rebecca Ikachoi Imagine waking up one morning to find your cattle killed by a lion, leopard or hyena, or worse, sustaining serious injuries while trying to protect your livestock from a predator attack. This is an everyday reality for the communities living in the Maasai Mara landscape. The frequency of these grievous occurrences begs […]

KBA in Focus: Amboseli National Park

March 4, 2024

By Ednah Kulola and Joshua Sese Located in the footsteps of Mt Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak, and approximately 210 kilometres southeast of Nairobi in Kajiado County, is Amboseli National Park Key Biodiversity Area. The name Amboseli comes from the Maasai word meaning “salty dust”. Amboseli N.P. is characterized by wooded savannah grassland with permanent herbaceous […]

Violet-Backed Starling, the Kakuzi Affair

March 4, 2024

By Simon Odhiambo (Kenyanbirder) Of the over 200 bird species I have spotted within the Kakuzi ecosystem in Makuyu north of Thika, the Violet-backed Starling strikes me as an interestingly beautiful bird with a unique plumage that makes its identification a walk in the park. I see them from time to time perching on the […]

2024 World Wetlands Day highlights

March 4, 2024

By David Odhiambo The World Wetlands Day 2024 was marked on 2nd of February 2024 with the theme “Wetlands and Human Wellbeing”. Nature Kenya collaborated with nine community groups to mark the day. In the west, Friends of Dunga Site Support Group engaged with the local community in awareness creation on conservation of wetlands at […]

Wetlands and human wellbeing

February 1, 2024

By John Mwacharo In Kenya, a country blessed with many natural wonders, wetlands play a crucial role in supporting biodiversity, sustaining livelihoods, and providing vital ecosystem services like filtering and storing water, controlling floods and erosion, sequestering carbon and supporting fisheries, among others. World Wetlands Day, celebrated on February 2nd each year, provides an opportunity to […]

Clarke’s (Kilifi) Weavers nesting again in seasonal wetlands

February 1, 2024

By Fleur Ng’weno In July we brought you the good news that Clarke’s Weaver had been seen again after six months and a long drought. Flocks of males, females and juveniles were seen in Dakatcha Woodland in Magarini sub-county, Kilifi County (as this bird is found only in Kilifi County, we are beginning to call […]

KBA in Focus: Lake Bogoria

February 1, 2024

By Joshua Sese Lying in the rugged and faulted terrain of the Rift Valley floor in Baringo County, is Lake Bogoria National Reserve, a narrow alkaline lake with a series of spectacular bubbling hot springs and boiling geysers. The lake is a designated Important Bird Area (IBA), being a vital feeding site for the near-threatened […]

Promoting conservation in Mount Kenya Forest through nature-based enterprises

January 8, 2024

By Martin Kiama Mount Kenya – a Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) – is in the limelight for several reasons, from being the second-highest volcanic mountain in Africa to being a World Heritage Site, a major catchment feeding the Tana and Ewaso Ngiro basins and a tourist destination attracting about 20,000 local and international visitors annually. […]

KBA in Focus: Nairobi National Park

January 8, 2024

By Brian Otiego   Amidst the hustle and bustle of city life, about 7 km from the centre of Kenya’s capital city, lies a unique gem, the Nairobi National Park Key Biodiversity Area (KBA). Tucked within  the city’s southern border, Nairobi National Park is separated from the busy Nairobi metropolis by an electric fence on […]

National Site Support Group Workshop Update

January 8, 2024

Nature Kenya works with 30 Site Support Groups (SSGs) to implement biodiversity conservation actions in 27 Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) stretching from the coastal, eastern, and central to the Rift Valley and western regions of the country. Every year, Nature Kenya organizes a National SSG Workshop where representatives from these community groups meet to share […]