At the same time, the President reiterated Government's commitment to the conservation of Kenya's wildlife heritage saying it was the responsibility of the current generation to handover the resource to future generations. The Head of State said Nairobi National Park was the only conservation area of its kind globally terming it an icon of the Nairobi Metropolitan area, and called on the wildlife ministry to craft a robust sustainability plan for the 31,acre conservation area.
The President said Kenya was determined to eradicate poaching noting that between and this year, the number of cases involving endangered species such as elephants and rhinos had dropped significantly. By submitting above, you agree to our privacy policy. As part of the new conservation approaches, the President challenged sector stakeholders led by the ministry of tourism and wildlife to develop a recognition mechanism for conservation heroes, especially young and future conservationists.
In his speech Tourism CS Najib Balala thanked the President for his continued support for conservation programmes saying recent successes in stemming the poaching menace and other aspects were as a result of the growing Government investment in the sector. You expanded more space for wildlife and gave us 2, additional acres to add to Nairobi National Park That's highly appreciated by all conservationists," CS Balala said. Read the original article on Capital FM.
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This dynamic environment challenges librarians to monitor, learn, adapt, collaborate, and use new technological advances in order to make the best use of techniques to engage students and improve learning outcomes and success rates. The main causes of this have been constraints on access to pasture and drinking water in rivers and dams. In addition, many of the traditional migratory pathways have been blocked by fences, settlements, roads and other infrastructure.
Only a few of the historical migratory pathways along Isinya-Kajiado and Kiserian-Isinya and other parts of the ecosystem are still usable. This has meant that animals have less access to food. For example wildebeest and zebra are less able to move between Nairobi National Park — the dry season range — and the Athi-Kaputiei Plains, which are their wet season breeding and feeding grounds.
Poachers who hunt wildlife for bushmeat have used these conditions to their advantage. There are reports of widespread illegal killing of wildlife, especially the migratory wildebeest population. Poachers are known to run wildebeest herds into fences and set snares along their lines.
This was a drop in actual numbers from almost 30, in to about animals in With the collapse of the regional wildebeest population, there is now more food and water available for the few remaining wildebeest. This means there is little pressure for them to move into Nairobi National Park — covering km2 of the ecosystem — to find sufficient dry season forage and water.
The numbers of wildebeest entering Nairobi National Park confirm this. Between and wildebeest fluctuated between 5, and 10, Between and , this went to an average of and a maximum of animals. Wildebeest movement was also constrained by the fences along the main roads and because wildebeest avoid main roads even where fences are absent. As wild animal populations declined, the intensity of livestock depredation by large carnivores increased in the area.
Wildebeest are a principal prey species for lions and other large carnivores. Apart from wildlife, the changes have also had an adverse impact on livestock populations and the well-being of pastoralists in Athi-Kaputiei. Although livestock numbers have declined, they have fared much better than the wildlife. Even so, the ongoing disruption of the ecosystem compromises the viability and long-term sustainability of extensive pastoralism.
The window to secure the future of Nairobi National Park, its dispersal areas and other critical parts of the Athi-Kaputiei is closing fast.
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