The strategy is focused on restoring 6,170 hectares of the Mt Kenya Forest, and will require at least Sh1.5 billion over period of five years.

Wildfires in Maasai Mara Mt. Kenya and Aberdare Forests. The Forest Service stated that since January 2025, significant fires ...

NAIROBI, Kenya . Kenyan authorities on Wednesday confirmed that wildfires have erupted in the Aberdare and Mt. Kenya forests, two of Kenya’s most important water catchment areas, prompting ...

The serial property comprises Mount Kenya National Park managed by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and parts of the Mount Kenya Forest Reserve managed by the Kenya Forest Service (KFS). Both these ...

Long-running evictions of Indigenous Ogiek communities from Kenya’s Mau Forest, whom the government blames for deforestation, haven’t led to any letup in rates of forest loss, satellite data show.

The volunteer members of the Chehe Community Forest Association are playing an active role in protecting forests on the southwestern slopes of Mount Kenya. Despite this, 20% of the Afromontane ...

In addition to the climbing fee, Mt. Hood National Forest is also considering adding fees to 26 other day-use sites, campgrounds, picnic sites and cabins.

A succession of battering droughts starting in late 2020 in the Horn of Africa region brought mass internal movement and displacement, particularly within Kenya’s Mount Kenya Forest Reserve, despite ...

Mount Kenya was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1997 by the United Nations, which lists climate change as being "probably one of the most serious long-term threats to the site." Subscribe to ...

A ban on campfires goes into effect on Wednesday in the Mt. Hood National Forest, where the fire danger is rated “very high.” All campfires — charcoal or briquette fires, pellet fires, or ...

Families inside the caves. More than 100 families living in caves in Mt Elgon are demanding an alternative place to stay after they were evicted from Cheptais forest.