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Environment
Environment and climate in Kenya: conservation, forests, water, pollution and community adaptation stories.
Lake Nakuru Flamingos Return in Record Numbers After Water Quality Improves
Over 1.2 million lesser flamingos have returned to Lake Nakuru, the highest count in 15 years, following a three-year water quality rehabilitation programme.
Kenya Bans Single-Use Plastics at All National Parks and Beaches
Kenya extends its landmark plastic ban to all national parks and beaches, with KWS rangers empowered to issue on-the-spot fines of up to Ksh 5,000.
Kenya Strengthens UNDP Partnership to Advance Climate Action and Biodiversity Goals
Kenya has broadened its partnership with the United Nations Development Programme to accelerate climate resilience and biodiversity conservation. Principal Secretary Festus Ngeno met with UNDP Kenya's Resident Representative Jean-Luc Stalon to chart a path forward, covering ongoing environmental projects, data collection drives, and a packed calendar of international conservation events.
EU pledges Sh50 billion for African ports, fisheries and ocean conservation
The European Union made a landmark Sh50 billion pledge for African ports, fisheries and ocean conservation at the 11th Our Ocean Conference held in Mombasa on June 17, 2026, with senior Kenyan officials including Deputy President Kindiki Kithure and Cabinet Secretary Ali Hassan Joho attending the high-level gathering.
Paula Kahumbu: Nairobi-Born Conservationist Honoured at National Geographic Museum in Washington DC
Nairobi-born conservationist Dr. Paula Kahumbu has been honoured at the National Geographic Museum of Exploration in Washington DC, with her photograph now displayed on the museum's entrance doors. The recognition crowns thirty years of wildlife conservation work that has taken her from Kenya's Shimba Hills to the world stage.
Konza Technopolis Uses Drones to Revive Degraded Land in Groundbreaking Conservation Drive
The Technopolis Development Authority has deployed drones to scatter more than 36,000 tree seeds across the Konza Technopolis Wildlife Conservancy, in one of Kenya's first drone-assisted ecological restoration exercises within an urban-adjacent conservancy. The initiative shows how emerging technology can fast-track large-scale land rehabilitation while bolstering biodiversity.
How Kenya's Women-Led Tree-Planting Businesses Are Turning Green Into Gold
Kenya's ambitious 15-billion-tree restoration drive is creating a multibillion-shilling seedling market, and women entrepreneurs across Machakos, Makueni, Kitui, and Murang'a are seizing the opportunity - building nurseries, securing restoration contracts, and generating rural jobs at a time when the country desperately needs both greener land and stronger local economies.
Kenya and Huawei Join Hands to Revive Limuru's Endangered Forests
Kenya's government and Huawei Technologies Kenya have launched a joint tree-planting initiative in Uplands, Limuru, Kiambu County, targeting one of the country's most threatened forest zones. The partnership, involving two government ministries and community groups, supports Kenya's national goal of growing 15 billion trees by 2032.
Government Seeks Sh19.3 Billion Emergency Funds for Worsening Drought Crisis
Kenya's Special Programmes sector has asked Parliament for an emergency Sh19.3 billion supplementary allocation to scale up drought relief operations, warning that the Sh162.8 million set aside in the 2026/27 budget falls dramatically short of what is needed to address worsening food insecurity across the country's arid and semi-arid regions.