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Celebrating Migratory Bird Ambassadors in Kenya

Friday, May 24, 2013

Lake Elementaita which is held in high regard as an Important Bird Area, Ramsar Site and World Heritage Site is a key breeding site for the Great White Pelicans as well as a wildlife haven.

Tana Appeal: Please give generously for Emergency Humanitarian Support to Tana River Delta Violence Survivors

Monday, September 24, 2012

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Please give generously for Emergency Humanitarian Support to Tana River Delta Violence Survivors

Guided by science, Kenyan authority rejects the case for jatropha at Dakatcha IBA

Friday, February 24, 2012

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Guided by science, Kenyan authority rejects the case for jatropha at Dakatcha IBA

Following a campaign led by Nature Kenya, supported by other BirdLife Partners, Kenya’s National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has officially rejected a proposal to convert 10,000 hectares of Dakatcha Woodland IBA to grow the biofuel crop jatropha.

First Great Rift Valley sites are added to World Heritage list

Monday, July 4, 2011

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First Great Rift Valley sites are added to World Heritage list

The BirdLife Partnership have helped the Kenyan Government get the Kenya Lake System added to UNESCO's World Heritage List.

BirdLife International staff celebrate the 2011 World Migratory Bird Day

Thursday, June 2, 2011

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BirdLife International staff celebrate the 2011 World Migratory Bird Day

Nature Kenya members, the local Maasai community and Olorgesaile Museum staff join in a birdwalk at Olorgesaile Prehistoric Site

New study reveals biofuels carbon con

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

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African biofuels destined for Europe will result in up to six times the carbon emissions of fossil fuels, a new study has revealed.

Study shows alarming drop in Kenyan vultures

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

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Vultures in one of Africa’s most significant wildlife reserves are declining at an alarming rate according to a new study in Biological Conservation...

Biofuels policy threatens wildlife habitats

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

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Meeting a European target to use biofuel in Britain’s 30 million cars will result in the destruction of an area of wildlife habitat the size of the West Country, a study has found...

Kenyan Important Bird Area keeps National Park status

Monday, November 15, 2010

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Kenyan Important Bird Area keeps National Park status

The High Court of Kenya has reversed an order by President Mwai Kibaki to downgrade the Amboseli National Park to a game reserve. The High Court found the move to ‘de-gazette’ Amboseli was illegal...

Delta blues lift slightly – by Andre Farrar (RSPB – BirdLife in the UK)

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

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Delta blues lift slightly – by Andre Farrar (RSPB – BirdLife in the UK)

The Tana River Delta on Kenya’s coast is at cross-roads. The massive pressure to exploit the area for growing sugar and biofuel crops amongst other development pressure is forcing an intense campaign to ensure that the delta’s peerless natural environment...

The nature of development – by Andre Farrar (RSPB – BirdLife in the UK)

Friday, October 1, 2010

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The nature of development – by Andre Farrar (RSPB – BirdLife in the UK)

Yesterday I was involved in discussions about two cases we have been following in these posts – theHumber Estuary on England’s east coast and the Kenya’s Dakatcha Woodlands. In talking about them on the same day, it dawned on me that there were some striking similarities despite their obvious difference.

A narrow escape for Nature Kenya staff

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

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Nature Kenya (BirdLife Partner) staff, two journalists, and Kenya Wildlife Service rangers escaped death narrowly in Mulunguni village, Magarini District, when they were attacked by people said to be working for an Italian investor on Friday July 2, 2010.