Conservancies are helping to prevent desertification, climate change

Floating to a new home, four of the last giraffes have been rescued from Longicharo island in Lake Baringo, Kenya, and onto the mainland of Ruko Community Conservancy on April 9, 2021. [Duncan Ndotono, Standard]

In December 1994, the UN General Assembly declared June 17 the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. This year, the focus was on turning degraded land into healthy land. In Kenya, communities living in the northern frontier counties, coastal areas and many parts of the Rift Valley are already experiencing early signs of desertification.