TVET student at Chanzeywe College in Vihiga County invents solar-assisted waste oil stove
Despite these challenges, he expressed optimism that the technology can be improved and scaled for wider use. He proposed the establishment of community workshops where youth can fabricate the jikos using scrap metal, while garages supply waste oil as raw material.
Uganda records rise in wildlife populations but lion numbers diminished by cultural demand for skins
The report noted mixed trends across species. Lion numbers have declined from an estimated 373 in 2020 to 291 in the 2022/2023 census, a drop linked to poisoning related to livestock predation, snaring, illegal trade in lion parts and cultural demand for lion skins, habitat degradation and encroachment.
State turns attention to Mau Forest as Kenya ramps up efforts to restore East Africa’s largest water tower
The Mau Forest Complex spans Nakuru, Kericho, Bomet and Narok counties, with blocks in Molo, Njoro, Kuresoi North and Kuresoi South in Nakuru County. Of its 22 blocks, most are under the Kenya Forest Service, while the Maasai Mau block is managed jointly with local communities.
Kenya’s environment minister says the country’s biodiversity strategy has moved from ambition to delivery
The cabinet secretary pointed out that Africa must strengthen technical and institutional readiness, as the world prepares for the 17th Conference of Parties (COP 17) in 2026, where implementation credibility and measurable results will be scrutinised.
Echoes of vanishing Uganda: How my father’s answer to a simple question became a turning point in my ecological consciousness
As I grew up, the meaning of my father’s warning became horrifyingly clear. The colonial project and the ideologies that succeeded it, was fundamentally an ecological project of homogenisation. The desire to “change everything” manifested as a systematic dismantling of the complex ecological and cultural tapestry I knew. My journey through academia – becoming a zoologist and conservation biologist – armed me with the vocabulary to diagnose the catastrophe I witnessed.
Satellite-based mission to protect endangered Mountain Bongo in Mt Kenya, Kakamega and Aberdares forests launched
Planet Labs Chief Impact Officer Andrew Zolli said the project will focus on the need for timely and accessibility of satellite data for conservation outcomes.
How conservationists in Kenya remember iconic ‘super tusker’ that was the symbol of African savanna’s largest land animal
In Amboseli National Park, a protected area whose vegetation ranges from savannah woodland to open grasslands near the Tanzania border, Craig stood out as an attraction to tourists and a notable creature to conservationists working to protect elephants from poachers and other threats.
One of world’s most iconic and oldest elephants dies in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park aged 54
In a statement, KWS announced that Craig died on Saturday morning at the age of 54 at Amboseli National park.
Kenya government pledges to tackle human-versus-wildlife conflict in Kibwezi
Speaking during the same forum, the area MCA took issue with individuals whom he did not name preying on young girls and asked the government to take stern measures on them. While urging parents to take care of their children especially this long holiday, Kalunda warned that as a community, they will not entertain such predators in the society.
Kenya’s top conservationist Abdullahi Ali bags Lifetime Achievement Award for efforts to save world’s most endangered antelope species
In 2005, Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) reached out to Dr Abdullahi Ali to spearhead the Hirola Management Committee in north-eastern Kenya. As it is mainly found in community lands, he works to support community-based conservation programs focused on hirola conservation.
