2019 was a difficult year for Agnes Wambui of Umande, Laikipia. Her words sum it up best, “The land dried up and my crops did not grow well because the rains came late.” Without modern farming tools and techniques, Agnes was particularly susceptible to the unpredictable changes in climate. Irrigation helps reduce the vulnerability of…
The BIOPAMA Mukogodo Support Project, supported by the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States is on the right track towards full implementation. Based on the latest meeting, held on the 26th of March 2021 at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, the implementing team reviewed the Project roadmap and agreed they were on course for…
“As WRUAs, our humble appeal to the Ministry of Water, together with the Water Resources Authority, is for them to bring WRUAs on board so that we can all work as a team in the management of subcatchments and especially in sharing the finances that are obtained from water charges”. Phanuel Pasito, Manager, Ngare…
The WCMA is up for review (again). This is the fourth review of the Act since its original promulgation in 2013. The Conservation Alliance of Kenya is a limited liability membership organization registered in Kenya as the umbrella body to advance the preservation, protection and management of wildlife and its habitats; places of natural beauty;…
Laikipia-based researchers, Tom Butynski and Yvonne de Jong, have again confirmed the presence of Desert Warthogs in Laikipia. And it looks like they’re here to stay. (See article here). We reported earlier sightings of the Desert Warthog on Suiyan Conservancy by Anne Powys and Archie Voorspuy in the March Edition 2020. Regular sightings of these…