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Community-based management improves forest condition in an East African biodiversity hotspot… as more species continue to be discovered.

A new report by the BirdLife Partnership compiles the status and trends of biodiversity in the Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests of Tanzania and Kenya

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Kenya’s Tana River Delta Designated as newest Ramsar Site in Africa

A key milestone in conservation efforts in Kenya achieved as the Tana River Delta is designated as a Ramsar site.

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World Wetlands Day 2012 celebrations in Kenya

The World Wetlands Day is marked yearly on 2 February to commemorate the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands, which was done on 2 February 1971 in the Caspian Sea.

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Help win €30,000 to protect the Kinangop grasslands in Kenya

NatureKenya (BirdLife Partner) is looking for funds to help save the Kinangop grassland

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Thirst for biofuels still threatening Kenya’s Dakatcha Woodlands – By Andre Farrar (RSPB – BirdLife in the UK)

In a move that buys a little time for the Dakatcha Woodlands, Kenya’s National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has refused a licence to a 50,000ha biofuels plantation. At headline level, this looks like good news – and it certainly is a significant outcome of the campaign led by Nature Kenya and the local community. We’ve [...]

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BirdLife Africa Position on Biofuels and Proposed Dakatcha Project

A Message from BirdLife’s Regional Director for Africa – Dr Julius Arinaitwe about the proposed destruction of the vitally important Dakatcha Woodland Important Bird Area (IBA) for conversion to grow Jatropha - a plant used for biodiesel production which is largely untested and potentially destructive.

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