Five elephants found dead in the Olarro Conservancy and the surrounding areas in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve this month could have consumed vegetation or water that contained poisonous insecticides bit.ly/2DrIVdi

The amended Kenyan law on wildlife came into force on January 4, 2019. Shamini Jayanathan, Barrister-at-Law and Director of Wildlife Law & Justice at Space for Giants explains what the amendments represent bit.ly/2FUpwEp

The first issue of Swara in 2019 is out. Grab yourself a copy, call us on +254 722 202 473 or email: [email protected] bit.ly/2MOektn

Twenty Vultures Die, Five Rescued after Poisoning Incident in Maasai Mara bit.ly/2RL9KNm

Rare Giant Pangolin found in Uganda bit.ly/2T88XL6

Make a date, join us for the first 2019 #ImreLoefler Lecture on March 6 at Muthaiga Country Club. Ol Pejeta Head of Community Development Programs, Moses Muthoki shall be speaking. For reservations, call Rose 0734600632 or email: [email protected]

Earlier today in partnership with Mara Conservation Fund (MCF) we donated 14 off-road motorcycles to selected conservancies in Kenya. The donation is an effort to help the conservancies operations & step up anti-poaching patrols and cut down response time to poaching incidents.

Tanzania to allow settlers into Protected Areas bit.ly/2EHgRSB

At the end of the #UNEA4, world leaders pledged to use innovation to tackle environmental challenges bit.ly/2CniVik

A survey of giraffe in the Ol Kinyei Conservancy in the Masai Mara by Petra Campbell and Felix Patton found a total of 539 different individuals bit.ly/2HH71U3

Scientists have discovered a new chimpanzee “behavioural realm” in the Bili-Uéré region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Read more: bit.ly/2urGB0G

Serengeti-Mara is being threatened, human activities like farming, erecting fences and settlements – are proliferating around the borders of the core protected areas bit.ly/2U3m8cP

Researchers warn that commitment by countries to designate more of the planet’s land & oceans as protected areas may not be achieving the desired aim of protecting biodiversity because greater emphasis has been put on actions rather than outcomes bit.do/ePqQf

It’s time to call a spade a spade. Karl Ammann exposes online ivory trade. Read more: bit.do/eQ8ki

UN Ocean Conference Ends with Commitments to Protect Marine Ecosystems swara.co.ke/un-ocean-confe… EA Wild Life Society #VoiceofConservation 📷@UnitedNations

🌍 Why Kenya’s Cheetahs Don’t Belong in India With fewer than 1,200 left, Kenya’s cheetahs face a new threat: a plan to export 20 to India. We unpack this in the latest #Swaramagazine Grab your copy today: shop.swara.co.ke #VoiceOfConservation #Cheetahs #KenyaWildlife

How does a fish survive years without water? Kenya’s African #lungfish is older than dinosaurs & closer to humans than to fish. A living fossil, a cultural icon—now under threat. 🔗 Read more in Swara: shop.swara.co.ke #SwaraMagazine #Conservation #Biodiversity