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During Kenya's colonial era (1895–1963), elephant and rhino hunting was viewed as an elite sport by British colonizers. [9] Post-independent Kenya saw a decrease in over half of the elephant population during the period of 1970 to 1977, [10] even though the country banned elephant hunting in 1973. In 1977, all animal hunting was banned in Kenya.
The National Environmental Management Authority in the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry (MECCF), the National Climate Change Activities Coordinating Committee, and the Kenya Meteorological Department in the Ministry of Transport are the major components of the government's institutional framework tasked with the day to day ...
During the last two decades of the 21st century, Kenya's rate of deforestation has remained consistent. The first decade of the century experienced 2,914.55 hectares in a primary forest lost and 19,401 hectares lost in tree cover while the second decade of the century has experienced a total of 2,099.74 hectares lost in primary forest and 17,167 hectares lost in tree cover.
Jacob Kushner and Anthony Langat are Kenya-based reporters for the GroundTruth Project, a non-profit global news service headquartered in the U.S. Sasha Chavkin is a reporter and Michael Hudson is a senior editor at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Produced by Hilary Fung and Shane Shifflett.
Understanding Kenya's environmental situation requires looking not only at the environment but social, economic, and political factors that play an important factor in a still-developing country. With a quickly expanding population, sustaining the environment and sustaining the growing population is a challenge.
Pages in category "Environmental issues in Kenya" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Environmental issues in Kenya (4 P) Environmentalism in Kenya (2 C) F. Forests of Kenya (2 C, 18 P) N. Natural history of Kenya (5 C, 2 P) Nature conservation in ...
Sand and water on the side of the road, causing erosion on the environment Plastic bags dumped by the road side in Katete in mbarara district in western Uganda. The erosion caused by rains, rivers and winds as well as over-use of soils for agriculture and low use of manures have resulted in turning the soils infertile, as for example, in the plains of the Nile and the Orange River.