Whale surfacing with cargo ship in the background| Photo Courtesy of Ifaw When an elder from Kiunga in Lamu County, told scientists that they would regularly come across rare marine species like dugongs in their youthful days, it signaled something far critical. Elderly fishers along the Kenyan Coast are speaking out pointing out the many…
Ziway-shalla. Photo by Wetlands International Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — A new three-year initiative aimed at restoring the health of Lake Ziway and improving livelihoods for surrounding communities has been launched through a partnership between Wetlands International and Sher Ethiopia, with support from the Agriculture Department of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in…
Grantees from the GEF SGP UNDP funded projects participating in group discussion during the advocacy and policy training organized by strategic partner CANCO in Msambweni, Kwale County| Photo By Mazera Ndurya From cross-border harassment of fishers to the privatization of mangrove conservation, community groups in Kenya’s Shimoni-Vanga seascape are stepping up their advocacy efforts to…
Women in Kibuyuni, Kwale County demonstrate to visiting GEF SGP team how to plant seaweed| Photo By Juma Shoka Along the southern coastline of Kwale County in Kenya where mangrove forests meet coral reefs and shallow seagrass meadows, community groups are quietly building one of Kenya’s most promising stories of marine conservation. Moving stories of…
Photo of journalists and stakeholders at the media launch. Media for Nature, in collaboration with Blue Radio, officially launched the Second Edition of the Environmental Media Dialogue at Vipingo Ridge on 13th March 2026. In his opening remarks, the C.E.O of Media for Nature, Mazera Ndurya, said the organization continues to promote environmental discussions within…
The Ambassador of Ireland in Kenya Caitríona Ingoldsby preparing to plant a mangrove seedling in Mreroni. Looking on is TuFAK National Coordinator Elijah Ngoa| Photo by Mazera Ndurya Their forefathers enjoyed a serene, healthy environment and bumper fish catches, thanks to the thick canopy of mangroves that protected the ocean nearby. However, with massive destruction…
A woman from Pate Kwabagua preparing the hapahapa pots for mangrove seedlings under the Pate Resources and Tourism Initiative (PRATI), with support from Wetlands International Eastern Africa |Photo by Wetlands International Eastern Africa On the far-flung shores of Pate Island in Lamu County, the ocean is more than a backdrop; it is life itself. Generations…
Nancy Chege, SGP GEF National Coordinator being assisted by a member of the Shimoni Turtle Watch to dive in Shimoni during a monitoring tour of the Shimoni-Vanga Seascape|Photo by Mazera Ndurya A dive into the turquoise waters of the ocean in Jimbo at the border between Kenya and Tanzania was pure bliss watching and marveling…
Members of Junda Kasarani Reform (JKR) join residents in a clean-up exercise in Junda Kasarani to mark Mazingira Day| Photo Susan Titus The sun rose gently over Junda Kasarani, glinting off the hands of young men and women already hard at work. Collecting waste, sorting plastics, and laughing through the morning breeze. What began as…
EcoWorld Recycling leading the campaign against plastic pollution in waste for cash initiative of the circular economy.| Photo Courtesy EcoWorld Recycling Mohamed Suleiman is not your ordinary Kenyan who goes for an 8am to 5pm job daily. While many people put on clean clothes and head to offices or shops each morning, his life takes…
