Conservation

Plastic waste – bottles, containers, packaging from all over the world – is strewn across the beaches. In what should be a breeding ground for fish, locals now find an alarming layer of discarded plastic, swept in by ocean currents. The once-rich fishing zones are now suffocating under the weight of pollution.

The erosion of civil liberties, growing authoritarianism, and repression of local communities, particularly Indigenous ones, are increasingly undermining conservation efforts. Nowhere is this more visible than in the Serengeti, where the government’s recent crackdowns on the Maasai people, who have lived in harmony with wildlife for generations, have drawn global condemnation.

Christine Wangari wraps her arms around the rough trunk of a towering acacia in Michuki Park, Nairobi, her fingers tracing the fissured bark of a tree that two decades ago had been a fragile seedling in her nursery in Nakuru County.  

The Friends of Karura Forest, mandated to protect and conserve the urban forest in collaboration with the Kenya Wildlife Service (KFS), has allayed concerns about illegal logging in the ecosystem.

The delicate dance of nature's intricate web often conceals the profound significance of certain components. One such component is the mushroom.