Tanzania: Kilimanjaro Snow to Vanish in 20 Years, Says Study Nov 9, 2009
They say that snow at the top of Mount Kenya could also be about to disappear ... They add that melting is also occurring on Mount Kenya and in the Rwenzori mountains on the western side of Uganda. (allAfrica.com)
East Africa: Saving Lives, Securing Livelihoods [guest column] Nov 4, 2009
Mount Kenya rises majestically from the Kenyan landscape, dwarfing all around it, a magisterial monument ... The rain has now come to many parts of Kenya, and farmers around Mount Kenya are planting again. (allAfrica.com)
* Kenyans ravage parks as climate changes May 11, 2009
Last week the wildlife service said it planned to double the- -number of armed guards in Kenyan parks over the next five years and was studying whether to put electric fences around Mount Kenya, the Mau forest, Mount Elgon and the Cherangani hills. The model would be a 400km fence that has been nearly completed around the Aberdare mountain range by the Kenya-based conservation group Rhino Ark. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Extremely Rare Bongo Group Found in Kenya Forest Feb 28, 2009
Feared extinct as recently as the mid-1990s, the mountain bongo is limited to the forests of a few rugged Kenyan mountains: Eburu and Mount Kenya, as well as peaks in the Aberdare and Mau ranges. The bongo is an extremely shy creature, with a dozen or so thin white stripes running up and down its chestnut-colored flanks. (National Geographic)
