Nature Kenya’s media and news page is the online resource for you to learn about the organization’s work. Nature Kenya works in partnership with local communities, government agencies and the private sector to protect threatened sites and species.
Press Releases
06 July 2010: Press statement condemning the attack on two journalists and a Nature Kenya site co-ordinator....more>>
21 June 2010: Press statement on the Environmental Impact Assessment study report for the proposed setting apart of 50,000 hectares of trust land for Jatropha cultivation in Bungale area, County Council of Malindi...more>>
16 April 2010: As a means to mark the International Year of Biodiversity (www.cbd.int/2010), the United Nations General Assembly decided on 15 April 2010 to hold a high-level event on biodiversity on 22 September 2010, the eve of the opening of the general debate of its sixty-fifth session. Read more
Latest News
09 August 2010: Residents up in arms over plots (Sabaki Estuary). ( The Star). More>>
05 August 2010: Italian Investors's Biofuel Project Sparks Kenyan Opposition (www.bloomberg.com) More>>
05 August 2010: Rift in Europe's biofuel policy undermines drive for clean fuel. (Business Daily) More>>
05 August 2010: Study says biofuel crop can improve earnings of farmers in marginal lands. (Business Daily) More>>
04 August 2010: Residents in demo over land takeover (Sabaki Estuary). (Daily Nation) More>>
01 August 2010: Residents stage protests over sanctuary (NTV news clip - YouTube) More>>
28 July 2010: Jatropha project just isn't viable. (The Standard). More>>
26 July 2010: Biodiesel wonder plant could spell doom for Kenya (The East African). More>>
21 July 2010: NEMA allays fears that plant will harm the environment (The Standard). More>>
20 July 2010: Residents differ with NGO, endorse bio-fuel project. Council faults Nature Kenya, says only 20,000 acres reserved for the jatropha project (The Standard). More>>
07 July 2010: Environmentalists label biofuel project ecological disaster. More>>
05 July 2010: Nature Kenya's coast region co-ordinator together with journalists attacked at bio-fuel project farm. More >>
23 June 2010: Kenya's Jatropha to destroy woodland. More>>
22 June 2010: Kenyan Environmentalists oppose biofuel project (KBC TV website). More>>
22 June 2010: Group says no to biofuel project. More>>
22 June 2010: Habitat group says no to biofuel project. More>>
22 June 2010: Residents oppose plan for fuel trees in Malindi. More>>
22 June 2010: Jinxed Tana Delta takes the stage as State mulls over stalled projects. More>>
22 June 2010: Nature Kenya opposes the destruction of Dakatcha Woodland IBA (Surfbird News) More>>
22 June 2010: Jatropha project threatens Kenya's wildlife (biofuels-news.com). More>>
22 June 2010: Jatropha curcas 'wars' emerge in Kenya. More>>
21 June 2010: Mzozo wa Jatropha (NTV news youtube link). View>>
21 June 2010: Nature Kenya opposes the destruction of Dakatcha woodland IBA. More>>
21 June 2010: Group says no to biofuel project (allAfrica.com). More>>
21 June 2010: Environmentalists Oppose Jatropha Project. More>>
21 June 2010: Kenyan environmentalists oppose biofuel project in Malindi. More>>
03 June 2010: BirdLife International and Nature Kenya celebrate International Year for BIodiversity. More>>
28 May 2010: The first scientific audit of the 'miracle tree' (Jatropha carcus) by the Kenya Forestry Research Institute (Kefri) and the World Agroforestry Centre deem the crop not economically viable when grown as a monoculture or in plantations. More>>
25 May 2010: Nature Kenya accused of tarnishing the Malindi County Council's name in the ongoing campaign against commercial biofuel production. More>>
30 March 2010: Nature Kenya writes to the Director General of NEMA concerning the proposed farming project at the Tana River Delta. Click here to read the letter on-line.
29 March 2010: Nature Kenya's follow up letter to the Minister for Environment concerning the threats facing the Dakatcha Woodland. Click here to read the letter on-line.
25 March 2010: NEMA announces that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Kenya Jatropha Energy project at the Dakatcha Woodlands is available for comments. Comments to be sent in to NEMA within 30 days.
21 March 2010: Community empowerment continues at Dakatcha:
A total of Fifteen schools, 11 primary and 4 secondary schools, have been reached by staff from Wildlife Clubs of Kenya and Dakatcha Woodland Site Support Groups with Environmental education films, lectures, talks and field excursion tours. Read more.
10 March 2010: Nature Kenya writes to the Minister for Environment concerning the Dakatcha Woodlands: Click here to read the letter on-line.
9 March 2010: Some sad news about Dakatcha:
Kenya Jatropha Energy Ltd, the company proposing to grow Jatropha curcas in Dakatcha woodland, have started clearing the woodland. Read more.
February 26 2010: Trouble simmers at the Tana Delta:
The Tana River Delta in Kenya’s north coast is under unprecedented threat as corporations and foreign agencies scramble to exploit its riches for export crops, biofuels and minerals. The projects are proposed in an area where no development project has succeeded for the last fifty years. Read more.
February 22 2010: Food fights:
BBC reporter Bill Law explores the challenges facing the country’s food security.
Articles and features
Feel free to view and download the following articles and features describing our work and achievements as they have appeared in local and international press.
April 21 2010: Small scale farmers biggest losers in land leasing deals with international firms
April 11 2010: A fascinating walk in the park
March 02 2010: Tana must be conserved at all costs
February 26 2010: Trouble Simmers at the Tana Delta
July 04 2009: On the plains of Mbagathi
May 17 2009: Career Scan
May 15 2009: What is it like to work for
May 11 2009: Tourism heads for trouble as birds fly away
May 09 2009: She reads
May 07 2009: Conservation resource center opens
March 30 2009: Parachute dress auctioned for 27,500/- for Nature Kenya
March 28 2009: At one with nature
March 21 2009: The Longclaws of Kinangop
March 07 2009: The sights and sounds of Gatamaiyu
