Pangolins in the dock: Is the mammal really guilty as charged?

By Dorcas Wangira,

The pangolin is the world’s most trafficked mammal. No one truly knows its conservation status in Kenya. When COVID-19 broke out in early 2020, some...

coronavirus , pangolin

Kenya Power expresses regret over Soysambu giraffe deaths

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Power has expressed regret following the death of three Rothschild giraffes after they were electrocuted by low hanging power lines. One of t...

giraffe , KENYA POWER , kws , Soysambu

PROFILE: Chris Diaz, pushing for youth to get involved in conservation

By Tony Owori,

Meet Chris Diaz, a business leader and conservationist born in Mombasa, Kenya. Through his career, Diaz has made great strides and contributed a lo...

conservation , diaz , Forest conservation

Mawingu Mountain Bongo Sanctuary launched at Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy

By Citizen Reporter,

The Mawingu Mountain Bongo Sanctuary, an 800 acre indigenous forest area on the slopes of Mount Kenya, has been launched. The Mount Kenya Wildlife ...

Mawingu Mountain Bongo Sanctuary

Namibia is auctioning 170 wild elephants amid drought and rising population

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Namibia has put 170 "high value" wild elephants up for sale due to drought and an increase in elephant numbers, the southern African country's environ...

Elephants , Namibia

Kenyan farmers and young guides enlisted to protect city forests

By Reuters,

Peter Wainana remembers when the forest near his home outside Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, was so thick with trees and vegetation it was difficult to w...

forestry , Kenya Forest Service , logging , trees

Date set for Mt Kenya Mountain championship

By Martin Mwenda,

The second edition of the Mt Kenya running championship in Meru will be held on 20th February 2021, Athletics Kenya (AK) has confirmed. Speaking at...

Mt Kenya Mountain Championship

‘Pack and leave,’ CS Tobiko vows to evict Murkomen from Embobut Forest

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Environment Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko says Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen is one of the individuals who have illegally encroached E...

Embobut Forest , Keriako Tobiko , Kipchumba Murkomen

The Making of The Kipchoge Led 1:59 Tree Planting ‘Marathon’

By Citizen Team,

159 tree seedlings holes were pitted, early morning on Saturday at the 50.8 acres Kaptagat Forest bloc, in Elgeyo Marakwet County, adopted for restora...

1:59 , Eliud Kipchoge , Kaptagat forest , Tree Planting

Kenya’s tourist sites are safe, open and ready for visitors, Uhuru says

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has expressed satisfaction with the measures being taken by stakeholders in the hospitality sector to protect tourists from C...

Balala , tourism , Uhuru kenyatta

‘No tourist, no dollar’: Pandemic decimates livelihoods at Maasai Mara

By Reuters,

For more than 50 years, Loiman Letolo, 70, has peddled her colourful beaded necklaces and bracelets to safari-goers at the entrance gates to Kenya’s...

coronavirus , Maasai , Maasai Mara

The silent extinction: Less than 100,000 giraffes left in the wild

By Moses Ngugi,

As the World celebrated World Giraffe Day on June 21, 2020, there remains growing concern over the endangered status of the world's tallest animal. ...

giraffe meat , somali girafe , white giraffe

DIAZ: A silver lining amidst COVID-19 pandemic

By Guest Writer,

The better part of Sunday April 12 saw the majority of social media platforms remain awash with doctored images showing Mt. Kenya as supposedly seen f...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , diaz , kilimanjaro

OPINION: This should be the new normal when protecting our natural capital

By Guest Writer,

By Major (Rtd) Steve Leakono Sun Tzu, one of the greatest military strategists and a renowned philosopher said that the greatest victory is that wh...

KFS leads planting of over 2,000 trees at Kibiku Forest block

By Agencies,

The Kenya Forest Service (KFS) on Tuesday hosted Principal Secretary for Cooperatives Ali Noor Ismail at Kibiku Forest block in Ngong for a tree plant...

OPINION: Employed by nature

By Guest Writer,

By Nancy Githaiga How many times are you asked these questions? unafanya kazi wapi? (where do you work?) or Uko wapi siku hizi? (where are you nowa...

labour day

KOT slam NEMA after hawkers arrested with banned plastic bags face Ksh.2M fine

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenyans have gone up in arms after 3 traders were arrested in Nairobi hawking their wares using the banned plastic bags. The hawkers were set to be...

NEMA , plastic bags in kenya

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta flags off 100-men run at Karura forest

By PSCU,

The First Lady Margaret Kenyatta  on Friday set the ball rolling for this year’s Beyond Zero Half Marathon by flagging off a 100-men run at Karura ...

beyond marathon , First Lady Margaret Kenyatta

BWIRE: Counties should develop land use policies to minimize conflicts

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire The absence of proper land use plans across the country is to blame for the increased conflicts over use of natural resources, that...

Over 500 participants take part in The Forest Challenge

By Citizen Reporter,

Over 500 participants took part in The Forest Challenge 2019, an annual event organised to raise funds for the rehabilitation of Kenya's water towers....

The Forest Challenge