Agriculture top threat to wildlife, says report

US First Lady Melania Trump and the Executive Director of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Angela Sheldrick, admire a young elephant at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust’s Elephant Nursery at the Nairobi National Park.

Counties at the Coast and in western Kenya are setting themselves up to be mining hubs while those in Eastern have embarked on large-scale agricultural projects

The world has lost up to 60 per cent of its wildlife in the last four and a half decades as a result of the impact of 10 key industries that are also key in the development of Third World countries.