How latest air crash in Kenya’s Taita Taveta Forest brought back my own fears of death in Masai Mara 44 years ago
Honestly, I had not heard of small aircrafts crashing. So it was an imagination of someone being prepared to be one of the very first conservation biologists in the whole world. It was a fear factor, which almost made me not concentrate on what I saw. Yet we were required to write a joint report of our scientific expedition, which has to be impressionable in the scientific world in general and in the conservation field in particular.
Twelve foreign tourists heading to Kenya’s world-famous Masai Mara National Park perish in air crash
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority said that 12 people were on-board the Cessna Caravan-type aircraft, and authorities were investigating the cause of the crash. The breakdown of how many were passengers and crew wasn’t immediately clear
Lake Victoria Basin Commission boss says Mara River faces existential threats despite regional gains
LVBC Executive Secretary Masinde Bwire says the basin was under siege from deforestation in the Mau Forest, rapid land-use changes and pollution, factors he warned could alter the river’s hydrology and jeopardise the annual wildebeest migration that draws global attention to Kenya and Tanzania.
Kenya building 8th international status airport in world-famous Masai Mara Game Reserve
Masai Mara International Airport will be the eighth such facility in Kenya after Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Moi International Airport in Mombasa, Malindi Airport, Kisumu Airport, Eldoret Airport, Wajir International Airport and Kakuma Airport.
