Africa will neither accept replacement of the Kyoto Protocol, nor its merger with any new agreement, say African climate change negotiators meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at the last African major preparatory gathering, before the UN Climate Change negotiations in Copenhagen in December. Negotiators say actions for Africa should be... [view entry]

Photo: Jane Some/IRIN Over the past two decades, the Mau complex has lost at least 107,000ha of forest cover due to irregular and unplanned settlements, logging and charcoal burning, as well as increased agriculture (file photo) The continued degradation of the Mau complex – Kenya’s largest water catchment area –... [view entry]

Rapid urbanization is changing the face of poverty in Kenya “If the government does not acknowledge this crisis, it will get even worse. Failure to address this now will leave Kenya paying for generations to come.” Philippa Crosland Taylor Head of Oxfam GB, Kenya Kenya is facing a new urban... [view entry]

Photo: Jane Some/IRIN Pius Okello points at the entrance of his new home At least 1,300 slum dwellers from Kibera – Nairobi’s largest informal urban settlement – have been moved to new blocks of flats under a slum-upgrading programme. “I can’t believe I have left Kibera for good! My new... [view entry]

Photo: Laura Lopez Gonzalez/PlusNews An electronic test found holes in the condoms Kenyan AIDS authorities are struggling to restore public confidence in condoms after an alarming news report recently showed locally stocked brands to be defective. KTN, a local TV station, showed the condoms, purchased from vendors in the... [view entry]

Over 25% of Forest Cover Lost to Ecosystem Encroachments Threatening Natural Capital, Wildlife and Livelihoods in Kenya and the Region UNEP Pledges Continued Support and Calls for Urgent Action at Strategic Partners Forum Nairobi, 9 September 2009 – A multimillion dollar appeal to save the Mau Forests Complex has been... [view entry]

In Kenya, persistent drought is threatening food security for some 31.5 million people, and more than one million face imminent starvation. The United Nation’s World Food Program has requested $230 million for aid, but that seems too little, and perhaps too late for many. Kenya’s government, looking for about $525... [view entry]

Photo: Jane Some/IRIN Since the harvest from the 2006 long rains, Kenya has not had a bumper maize crop with adequate surpluses that could stabilize supplies (file photo) Following below-average harvests in 2007 and 2008, Kenya’s grain farmers need seed and fertilizer support to enable them to make use of... [view entry]

Countries tackling food insecurity and climate change adaptation can greatly benefit from agroforestry – integrating fleshy plants and trees into their farming systems, environmental specialists say. Sub-Saharan Africa has a history of food insecurity brought on by meagre rains, land degradation, declining soil fertility and bad management of resources, among... [view entry]

Kenyan communities will undertake to plant 7.6 billion trees over the next 20 years to address massive losses in forest cover. Kenya’s Minister for the Environment, John Michuki, has demanded bold steps amidst economic, social and political unrest caused by forest destruction. According to the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife,... [view entry]