What is driving Jipe Tilapia fish in Lake Jipe into near extinction?
By Janet Murikira In 2015 Nile Tilapine fingerlings were introduced on the Kenyan side of Lake Jipe The introduction of …
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Restoring Lake Nakivale; A Refugees’ Idea
Lake Nakivale in Isingiro District, Uganda is under threat due to massive pollution.
Now, refugees in Nakivale refugee camp in Isingiro district have taken the lead role in the conservation and protection of the lake, the biggest water source to the camp
Poachers’ Den Turns Wildlife Haven: the story of Ajai
A wildlife reserve is recovering from the heavy poaching of the 1970s and 80s. A community’s efforts to reduce poaching by beekeeping. Reports show a modest increase in the number of the top nine dominant animal species in the reserve: baboons, bushpigs, bushbucks, black and white colobus monkeys, vervet monkeys, Duikers, Kobs, the orbi and warthogs.
Narrow escape for reporters in Bugoma forest
While bulldozers from Hoima Sugar are advancing to convert the Bugoma Forest landscape into an expansive sugarcane plantation, charcoal burners are converting the big rain catchers into charcoal.
Uncontrolled wildfire burns Ethiopia’s Simien Mountains National Park
Dagim Terefe Urgent help is needed to contain the fires, which have devastated 400 hectares of natural forest, grass and …