Keen family signs ‘easement’ contract to add crucial land to Nairobi National Park
Nairobi National Park main gate at Langata The conservation fraternity had reason to celebrate this week when the park was expanded by 100 hectares or over 250 acres of land, courtesy of John Keen and his family, who through an easement gave Kenya Wildlife Service control to administer and manage their ancestral land as part of the national park. Nairobi More...
Richard Branson opening game reserve in Kenya’s Masai Mara, will help protect migration
Sir Richard Branson opens Sekenani Primary School, Masai Mara, Kenya NAIROBI, Kenya – British billionaire Richard Branson says he plans to open a luxury camp in a new reserve next to Kenya’s famed Masai More...
Moratorium for Mara and Amboseli after all?
Announcements made by Kenyas tourism minister Najib Balala a few days ago have heartened the conservation fraternity and given them hope that once the long overdue management plan for the Masai Mara Game Reserve More...
Reprieve for Nairobi National Park?
Nairobi National Park’s public voice, FoNNaP or Friend of Nairobi National Park, was heard loud and clear earlier in the week when Dr. Paula Kahumbu, recently honoured by the National Geographic Society for her More...
Amboseli in a life-and-death fight
File | NATION A herd of elephants graze at the Amboseli National Park. Amboseli National Park is fighting for survival. The second biggest earner in the country and a financial lifeline for the new Kajaido More...
Kenya: More fences for more parks
Kenya Wildlife Services Kenya Wildlife Services has recently announced that they have raised and secured enough funds to commence the fencing of the Mt. Kenya National Park, due to start later in the year. The cost More...
Park communities denounce officials
Community leaders around the Masai Mara, one of Kenya’s best known game reserves, have minced no words recently when denouncing the Narok County Council and other officials for perpetuating poverty amongst the More...
Park fire under control
Kenya Wildlife Service personnel put out a fire that destroyed hundreds of acres of vegetation at Lake Nakuru National Park February 24, 2011. KWS is carrying out a mop up exercise. JOSEPH KIHERI The Kenya Wildlife More...
Dodori nature reserve in Lamu ‘threatened’
Dodori nature reserve Recent news that the Lamu County Council has leased out the land of the 40+ year old nature reserve has drawn widespread criticism, especially as it was learnt that the first payment of the More...
Journey through South Turkana
Half an hour from Nasalot National Reserve along the rough murram road to Turkana where gigantic trucks full of supplies for the northern desert lands painfully inch their way on whichever side of the road they More...
