Land degradation puts conservation in jeopardy

A felled tree inside Kabaru forest in within Mt Kenya. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

From the rooftop of Alan Donovan’s African Heritage House in Mlolongo, the Kitengela plains at the tail end of Nairobi National Park look like a sweeping carpet of greenery. This is due to the intermittent showers that have hit the region lately.

From afar, one can make out a silhouette of a male ostrich, his black and white plumes glittering in the early afternoon sun.