Plans underway to protect critically endangered birds of Taita
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Why flamingo populations are on the decline
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On May 7, 2021, the African CSOs Biodiversity Alliance (ACBA) alongside BirdLife International Africa co-hosted a webinar to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day. The event is marked twice a year every second Saturday of May and October to raise awareness and highlight the need for the conservation of migratory birds and their habitats. This year’s theme was ‘Sing, Fly, Soar – Like a bird!’
Attracting over 50 participants from across the continent, the webinar aimed at sensitizing the public on the recent population trends. The wealth of information presented did prove the dire need to collaborate with non-conventional partners in a bid to improve existing policy instruments that are in place to conserve migratory species.
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The increasing water levels in Rift Valley’s alkaline lakes has altered the habitat of flamingos, forcing a large flock to shift to lagoons.
According to Joseph Edebe, a Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) senior researcher, the salinity of water in the lake has reduced as a result of increasing levels.
This, he said, has seen water in the lake becoming fresh, forcing flamingos to find abode in sewerage lagoons.
“Flamingos follow food and wherever they are, it is an indicator that there is food. Flamingos thrive on brackish or saline water and that is why they prefer lagoons, which exhibits the same features,” he said.