Birds of Africa

Kinangop Grasslands Kenya: A birds paradise now lost to farming

Njambini Kenya: The Kinangop Plateau is located about an hour and a half’s drive from Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city. It is located in the midst of the catchment region between the Aberdares/Nyandarua mountain range and Lake Naivasha. The grassland was originally 70 000 hectares of treeless tussocky grasses, bogs, and marshlands. Today, only around 10%…

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Endorois women in Kenya rally villagers to save community swamp.

Kenyan minority indigenous community – the Endorois live around Lake Bogoria in Baringo County in Kenya’s Rift valley.In 1970’s they lost their grazing ground when Lake Baringo was registered a national reserve. The remaining swamp – Kiborgoch or Loboi swamp stated shrinking in the 1990’s due to land degradation and wildfires. The Women depend on…

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Saving Kenya’s capital city water source, the Ondiri Wetland

In 2016, the Nyongara River flowing out of the Ondiri Wetland in Kikuyu town, Kenya about 20 kilometres from Nairobi city, nearly dried up. Raw sewerage from Kikuyu town drained at the Wetland. Forty-four greenhouse farms around the wetland abstracted water unregulated. Additionally, solid waste dumpsters had found a new dumping site. Fodder harvesters harvested…

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