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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:58:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Africa's lions are disappearing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The lion is Africa's best known carnivore.  Once widely abundant across the continent, recent surveys show that lion populations have plunged from over 100,000 individuals to around 23,000 over the past century.  The reason?  Lions are poisoned, shot, and speared by locals who see them as a threat to livestock.  While lion populations in protected areas remain relatively healthy, conservationists say that without urgent measures, lions may disappear completely from unprotected areas. The Kilimanjaro Lion Conservation Project is working to avoid this fate by developing practical measures to encourage coexistence between people, livestock and predators.  Key to the effort is reducing livestock losses to lions. Leela Hazzah, a field researcher with the project, says the "Lion Guardians" program at Mbirikani Ranch in Kenya has proved remarkably successful: not a single lion has been killed since its inception in November 2006.  The program employs Maasai warriors to monitor lions and help local communities prevent attacks on livestock.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0325-interview_hazzah.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Disappearance of elephants, giraffes causes ecological chain reaction]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The disappearance of elephants, giraffes and other grazing animals from the eastern African savanna could send ecological ripple effects all the way to the savanna's ants and the acacia trees they inhabit, warns a new study published in the journal Science.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0110-ants_trees.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[World's largest spitting cobra discovered in Kenya]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The world's largest spitting cobra has been discovered in Kenya, according to WildlifeDirect, a conservation group.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1209-cobra.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Biodiversity conservation will only work if local people benefit]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Biodiversity loss is already having an economic impact in Africa according to a 7-year monitoring project underwritten by Europeans and African governments.  The project, known as the Biodiversity Monitoring Transect Analysis in Africa (BIOTA), relies on a network of biodiversity observatories equipped with weather stations, sensors and a monitoring program that includes remote sensing, data on soil fertility and agricultural indicators. Dr. Nina Farwig, a scientist at the Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz and a participating member of BIOTA-East Africa, says that conservation efforts in the tropics will only be effective if the local people benefit.  Her work with BIOTA shows that even in the absence of extensive forest cover, a patchwork of agricultural landscapes can contribute to the biodiversity conservation.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1119-interview_farwig.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Missing link between humans and apes possibly discovered]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A 10 million-year-old jawbone discovered in Kenya may represent a new species very close to the last common ancestor of gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans, report researchers writing in the current issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1112-ape.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Climbing Africa's second highest mountain]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mount Kenya, Africa's second highest mountain, is said to be one of the continent's most beautiful hikes. Located less than three hours' drive from Nairobi, Mount Kenya is accessible and makes for a great add-on for fit travelers looking to do more than the standard safari in Kenya.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1105-mount_kenya.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How long does it take reef fish to recover from overfishing?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recovery of fish populations from overfishing can take decades, reports a new study based on 37 years of observations.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0711-kenya.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Alien water weed re-invades Lake Victoria]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Water hyacinth has re-invaded Lake Victoria, choking thousands of acres (hectares) of the lake's surface in Kenya, according to satellite pictures released by NASA.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0227-nasa.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Carbon finance could mean millions for Kenya]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Kenya could earn millions of dollars for reducing its deforestation rate through a carbon trading mechanism under consideration this week at U.N. climate negotiations in Nairobi.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1105-kenya.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Carbon finance could net Guyana and Suriname tens of millions of dollars]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Guyana and Suriname -- two of South America's least known countries -- could earn tens of millions of dollars through a global warming deal that may be proposed this week at U.N. climate talks between 189 countries in Nairobi, Kenya.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1105-guyana.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Africa looks to build scientific expertise at Nairobi conference]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Stronger African science academies can help save lives or raise the standard of living by settling questions on topics such as malaria prevention and sustainable development, said organizers of this week's first annual international conference of the African Science Academy Development Initiative, being held in Nairobi, Kenya. The initiative is supported by a $20 million grant from the Bill   &amp;  Melinda Gates Foundation and administered by the U.S. National Academies.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1108-nas.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[500,000-year-old chimpanzee fossil found]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Palaeontologists discovered the first known chimpanzee fossil while digging near Lake Baringo, Kenya.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0906-chimp.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tsunami-orphaned hippo adopted by 100-year old tortoise]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise, in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa, officials said.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0819-hippo_tortoise.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Uganda imports rhinos from Kenya]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Uganda has imported four rhinos from Kenya according to the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA). UWA hopes to develop a captive breeding program in an effort to reintroduce rhinos after their disappearance from the country in the 1960s due to poaching.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0726-rhino.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kenya: Environmental Profile]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An overview of tropical rainforets found in Kenya.  Includes forest cover and deforestation statistics.]]></description>
<link>http://rainforests.mongabay.com/20kenya.htm</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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