Njambini Kenya: Long before people began farming, many bird species adapted to exist in open environments such as grasslands. In order to save the Sharpe’s Longclaw bird species, a youth group from Kenya is persuading farmers to preserve grasslands at the foot of the Aberdare Mountains, around an hour’s drive from Lake Naivasha. The Njambini…
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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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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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