In the midst of a dire need to feed millions of people facing hunger because of drought, Kenya's newly passed Biosafety Act allows for the importation of GM crops - but at what cost?
… Does Kenya need GM crops as it battles famine in … 2011 News Food And Farming News Focus Kenya Drought GM Crops Monsanto … super-cereal blend for 1.86 million people in Kenya alone In the midst of a dire need to …
How poaching for the illegal wildlife trade, intensive farming, climate change and population growth all threaten Africa's unique wildlife
… populations in the Maasai Mara reserve in Kenya is the most well-publicised example of a … weighing 1,304 kilograms) was seized at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The ivory was … However, there are no such embassies in Kenya. This past March 2,033 kg of elephant …
Tensions are rising in Kenya as the country approaches local and national elections in August. But we could choose to use our differences as a strength, not a cause of conflict, says DEBORA LANGAT
… Towards tribal interdependence and peace in Kenya Debora Langat Kenya | 26th June 2017 Comment Kenya Elections Politics Community debby …
The Kenyan government has begun to forcibly evict tens of thousands of Sengwer indigenous people from their ancestral forest lands and burn their homes, food stores and belongings to the ground. The World Bank wrings its hands.
… Kenya: police begin Forest People evictions … News Indigenous People Forests World Bank Kenya torched-sengwer-home.png The Kenyan government has begun to forcibly evict …
The Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy is empowering a new generation of Kenyans to reclaim the conservationist narrative. HUMPRHEY KARIUKI, a patron of the society, explores how wildlife conservation in Africa is harmed by a Western dominated approach.
… Colonialism Baby Bongos The Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy is empowering a new generation of Kenyans to reclaim the conservationist … discussions on wildlife conservation in Kenya have historically been cast in black and …
Wangari Maathai’s Nobel prize-winning activism has thrust the environment to the forefront of the global security agenda
… Wangari Maathai: fighting for Kenya's environment Nicola Graydon | 1st March … Cleaner Air Cleaner Water Cleaner Land Kenya Nobel Peace Prize Woodlands Africa Tea … called many things. Among the rural poor of Kenya she’s known as the Green Crusader or …
Forget trying to grow hybrid maize - Africa already has all the crops, storage systems and knowledge that it needs to grow itself out of poverty
… Gathuru Mburu: Kenya has already had a Green Revolution Laura … then with the African Biodiversity Network , Kenyan ecologist Gathuru Mburu wanted to share … vulnerable to global warming. Are people in Kenya worried about climate change - and its …
With surging demand for power and blackouts common across the continent, Africa is looking to solar, wind and geothermal technologies to meet its energy needs
… Kenya to build Africa's biggest windfarm Xan … in desert around Lake Turkana in northern Kenya – used as a backdrop for the film The … will have a capacity of 300MW, a quarter of Kenya's current installed power and one of the …
GM crops may benefit agribusiness, writes Andrew Adam-Bradford. But they offer little to Africa or the millions of farming communities that feed the continent. Rather than impose corporate 'solutions', governments should invest in indigenous agro-ecological farming.
… Kenya chooses GMOs - but there are smarter … | 9th August 2014 Comment Africa Kenya Farming GMOs Development Corporations … invest in indigenous agro-ecological farming. Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto has made …
Financed by the World Bank, the Kenya Forest Service has intensified its illegal campaign of evictions, arson, beatings and arrests of the Sengwer forest people of the Embobut forest, Dean Puckett reports from the Cherangani Hills. And behind the violence lies the lure of hard cash - from the prospect of selling the forest's carbon to international financiers.
… Kenya: a forest people illegally evicted, … Financed by the World Bank, the Kenya Forest Service has intensified its … Kim, president of the World Bank, visited Kenya earlier this month, he reportedly urged …
The Kenyan government has sent troops to the Embobut forest to forcefully - and illegally - evict thousands of its indigenous inhabitants, to make way for a World Bank-financed 'Natural Resource Management Project'.
… Kenya - forest people facing violent eviction … Peoples Conservation sengwer-protest.png The Kenyan government has sent troops to the … fleeing from Embobut forest in Marakwet, Kenya, where the government has deployed riot …
Environmentalist, democracy campaigner and Nobel laureate; Wangari Maathai led an extraordinary life but it's her overwhelming kindness and charm that I’ll always remember, says Ruth Styles
… Wangari Maathai Green Belt Movement Africa Kenya Politics Society Comment wangari.jpg … family in the tiny village of Ihithe in Kenya’s central highlands, Maathai’s career … that put her on a collision course with Kenya’s venal president, Daniel arap Moi. In …
The eviction of Kenya's Sengwer forest people in a World Bank financed project was a failure of the Bank's duty to protect indigenous people, according to an internal report. The Bank's directors are to decide on how to respond today - but if they follow their own management's advice, the evictions will continue.
… World Bank 'failing to protect Kenya forest dwellers' John Vidal The Guardian | 30th September 2014 News Kenya Finance Indigenous Peoples Africa … Forests sengwer-fires-cut.jpg The eviction of Kenya's Sengwer forest people in a World Bank …
Worldbike is using customised bicycles to kick-start rubbish-hauling enterprises in Kenya's poorest neighbourhoods
… STUDY: running a sustainable waste service in Kenya Nate Wright | 29th October 2009 Activism … to kick-start rubbish-hauling enterprises in Kenya's poorest neighbourhoods Daily … Andrew Hall, Worldbike's project manager in Kenya, describes their goals as 'income …
Kenyan conservation heroes fight to save critically endangered species against all odds.
… gyps_rueppellii_-nairobi_national_park_kenya-8-4c.jpg Kenyan conservation heroes fight to save … decreased populations of vultures throughout Kenya and across the continent of Africa, …
Wide-ranging plans to link up Kenya, Ethiopia and Southern Sudan include the building of a port which threatens the Lamu district's indigenous coastal communities and fragile ecology, reports Tafline Laylin
… Chinese-backed Kenyan 'super port' could devastate UNESCO … And Technology Investigations Port Mangroves Kenya Wildlife mkandachannel.jpg Wide-ranging plans to link up Kenya, Ethiopia and Southern Sudan include the …
Lead poisoning from industrial pollution has imposed a terrible toll on Kenyans, writes Sophie Morlin-Yron, and single mother Phyllis Omido is no exception - lead from a nearby metal refinery badly damaged her own son's health. But it was when she decided to fight back against the polluters that a whole new realm of threats and dangers opened up.
… poisoning - fighting industrial pollution in Kenya is a dangerous business Sophie … | 15th April 2015 Comment Pollution Kenya Africa Toxics Health Corporations Monday … pollution has imposed a terrible toll on Kenyans, writes Sophie Morlin-Yron, and single …
The plight of Kenya's Sengwer people shows that carbon offsets generated by 'sustainable' forest management are empowering a corporate recolonisation of the South backed by the World Bank against its own guidelines, writes Nafeez Ahmed. Indigenous forest peoples are at risk of genocide while corporations let rip.
… torched-sengwer-home.png The plight of Kenya's Sengwer people shows that carbon … ' and ' carbon offsetting '. In west Kenya , as the UK NGO Forest Peoples Programme … homes had been torched by the government's Kenya Forest Service (KFS) to forcibly evict …
Controversial dam project on the Omo River in southern Ethiopia cannot be stopped says African Development Bank
… March 2010 News Energy Natural World Ethiopia Kenya Dam lake turkana.jpg Campaigners say the … Gibe III dam would devastate Lake Turkana in Kenya, the world's largest desert lake … tribal people and devastate fisheries in Kenya’s Lake Turkana, the world’s largest …
Social inequalities are a driver for climate breakdown. These problems - and the potential solutions - are much in evidence in Kenya.
… Picks Climate Breakdown Social Inequality Kenya Green Belt Movement Earthshot Prize Kenya Social inequalities are a driver for … potential solutions - are much in evidence in Kenya. Poor and marginalised communities are …
Persistent droughts are undermining the self-sufficiency of Maasai communities in the Great Rift Valley and worsening their living conditions, writes Simone Sarchi. Now these fearless warriors are fighting the battle against climate change through adaptation, education and technology, and by making peace with traditional enemies.
… Kenya's Maasai determined to overcome the … change Simone Sarchi | 16th May 2015 News Kenya Africa Climate Change Indigenous Peoples … of Kajiado, Narok, and Trans Mara in Kenya, and part of the northern Tanzania. The …
🌳 An extract from Hendrikus van Hensbergen's forthcoming book for young people: How You Can Save the Planet.
… old. He grew up in the city of Nairobi in Kenya. His family liked to go camping in the … in the news. He was shocked to find out that Kenya was losing 50,000 hectares of forest … a trip to Amboseli National Park in southern Kenya. Lesein spoke to his teachers about …
Thousands of tonnes of red roses are now being sold ahead of Valentine's Day. CURTIS ABRAHAM investigates the importance of flower exports to east African economies - and examines the impact on the environment on both a regional and a global level
… handful of other African countries including Kenya, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Zambia and, … floriculture market is on the rebound. Kenya - Uganda’s easterly neighbour - is now … European Union. Flower exports have become Kenya’s third major foreign exchange earner - …
The cyclists of the Tour de France may not set off until next week but in Kenya a group of young people have taken to their bikes to raise awareness about the power of sustainable energy ahead of the country's general election on August 8.
JOE WARE reports
… Ware | 27th June 2017 News Renewables Energy Kenya Cycling Fossil Fuels cycling3.jpg The … France may not set off until next week but in Kenya a group of young people have taken to … most rapidly developing countries, many Kenyans still face the problem of limited …