Conservation news https://news.mongabay.com/list/kenya/ Environmental science and conservation news Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:56:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.5 https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/05/16160320/cropped-mongabay_icon-32x32.png Kenya environmental news https://news.mongabay.com/list/kenya/ 32 32 Reintroduced Grauer’s gorilla gives birth in DRC national park, ‘makes us happy’ https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/reintroduced-grauers-gorilla-gives-birth-in-drc-national-park-makes-us-happy/ https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/reintroduced-grauers-gorilla-gives-birth-in-drc-national-park-makes-us-happy/#respond 28 Sep 2026 19:20:34 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?post_type=short-article&p=331102 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/reintroduced-grauers-gorilla-gives-birth-in-drc-national-park-makes-us-happy/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-331102 Electric fences that kill and the Maasai trying to save Kenya’s last giant pangolins https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/electric-fences-that-kill-and-the-maasai-trying-to-save-kenyas-last-giant-pangolins/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/electric-fences-that-kill-and-the-maasai-trying-to-save-kenyas-last-giant-pangolins/#respond 15 Sep 2026 05:50:23 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=329650 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/electric-fences-that-kill-and-the-maasai-trying-to-save-kenyas-last-giant-pangolins/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-329650 UN fund for sharing biodiversity benefits struggles for attention — and money https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/un-fund-for-sharing-biodiversity-benefits-struggles-for-attention-and-money/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/un-fund-for-sharing-biodiversity-benefits-struggles-for-attention-and-money/#respond 01 Sep 2026 07:17:33 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=328108 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/un-fund-for-sharing-biodiversity-benefits-struggles-for-attention-and-money/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-328108 Kenya’s clothing waste raises concerns about potential public health risks https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/08/kenyas-clothing-waste-raises-concerns-about-potential-public-health-risks/ https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/08/kenyas-clothing-waste-raises-concerns-about-potential-public-health-risks/#respond 26 Aug 2026 17:57:24 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?post_type=short-article&p=327508 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/08/kenyas-clothing-waste-raises-concerns-about-potential-public-health-risks/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-327508 Kenyan investigators arrest 4 people linked to 18 Amboseli elephant deaths https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/08/kenyan-investigators-arrest-4-people-linked-to-18-amboseli-elephant-deaths/ 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Amboseli Park to tackle human-elephant conflict https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/thermal-drones-deployed-in-kenyas-amboseli-park-to-tackle-human-elephant-conflict/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/thermal-drones-deployed-in-kenyas-amboseli-park-to-tackle-human-elephant-conflict/#respond 07 Aug 2026 12:47:27 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=325538 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/thermal-drones-deployed-in-kenyas-amboseli-park-to-tackle-human-elephant-conflict/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-325538 Environmental activists in Kenya concerned over billionaire’s planned oil refinery https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/environmental-activists-in-kenya-concerned-over-billionaires-planned-oil-refinery/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/environmental-activists-in-kenya-concerned-over-billionaires-planned-oil-refinery/#respond 05 Aug 2026 11:06:34 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=325399 Mongabay]]> 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https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/clean-cooking-expands-at-record-pace-in-africa-but-lags-behind-population-growth/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-324023 Waste, women & environmental justice: Interview with Nubian activist Malasen Hamida https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/waste-women-environmental-justice-interview-with-nubian-activist-malasen-hamida/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/waste-women-environmental-justice-interview-with-nubian-activist-malasen-hamida/#respond 14 Jul 2026 18:30:10 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=323283 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/waste-women-environmental-justice-interview-with-nubian-activist-malasen-hamida/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-323283 ‘The only possible transition is a just transition’: Interview with WEF’s Clemence Schmid https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/the-only-possible-transition-is-a-just-transition-interview-with-wefs-clemence-schmid/ 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https://doi.org/10.66709/news-321793 To improve its floundering fisheries, Kenya boosts data collection on artisanal fleet https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/to-improve-its-floundering-fisheries-kenya-boosts-data-collection-on-artisanal-fleet/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/to-improve-its-floundering-fisheries-kenya-boosts-data-collection-on-artisanal-fleet/#respond 12 Jun 2026 14:46:41 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=321034 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/to-improve-its-floundering-fisheries-kenya-boosts-data-collection-on-artisanal-fleet/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-321034 Removal of African elephants causes coextinction of dung beetles, study finds https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/06/removal-of-african-elephants-causes-coextinction-of-dung-beetles-study-finds/ https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/06/removal-of-african-elephants-causes-coextinction-of-dung-beetles-study-finds/#respond 11 Jun 2026 18:12:43 +0000 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