2021-05-07 10:56:03 GMT2021-05-07 18:56:03(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
NAIROBI, May 7 (Xinhua) Kenya on Friday launched a three-month national wildlife census whose results will inform retooling of conservation programs for iconic species grappling with climatic and human-induced threats.
Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife Najib Balala said the first-ever wildlife census in Kenya will enable the government to obtain accurate data on wildlife resources including giant land mammals, carnivores and marine life. The census will utilize globally recognized methodologies to obtain accurate data on wildlife resources in the country and mitigate future threats to their survival, Balala said during the televised census launch at Shimba Hills, in the coastal county of Kwale.
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Locals hired to patrol forests and replant trees Forest covers 7% of Kenya, which is aiming for 10% by 2022
By Kagondu Njagi
KWALE, Kenya, April 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - S tanding under a thick green canopy in coastal Kenya s Shim Hills, Mohamed Mwaramuno squints at his fellow forest ranger s smartphone.
With about a dozen rangers, he has been using an app that through satellite feeds maps signs of forest fires, illegal logging and people encroaching on water sources, to stem worsening deforestation in Kwale County during the COVID-19 pandemic. The app has made work easier for us, said Mwaramuno. Instead of patrolling the dangerous terrain we just receive these feeds and then we can directly go to the sites that have been disturbed.
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KWALE, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Standing under a thick green canopy in coastal Kenya’s Shim Hills, Mohamed Mwaramuno squints at his fellow forest ranger’s smartphone.
With about a dozen rangers, he has been using an app that through satellite feeds maps signs of forest fires, illegal logging and people encroaching on water sources, to stem worsening deforestation in Kwale County during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The app has made work easier for us,” said Mwaramuno. “Instead of patrolling the dangerous terrain we just receive these feeds and then we can directly go to the sites that have been disturbed.”