Welcome On-Board
Greetings friends of A Rocha, It is with great pleasure that l take on this noble task to serve alongside ARK and the team. First I would like to thank the outgoing chair, Edwyn Kiptinness, who has headed the...
We challenge each other – We take action!
Education (formal or informal) is the basis for all of life including environmental matters. To increase environmental awareness and also improve ecological knowledge Environmental Education is important, so that we can know the actions to take to help improve...
Amateur Ringers – growing in quality analysis.
A high standard of ringing will mean both that birds are handled with care and respect (this helps to minimise the trauma of being trapped) and that the data collected is of such quality that it can be of...
Bird Ringing in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest
Placing a uniquely numbered ring on a bird allows us to know how long birds live and when and where they move to. This greatly helps in understanding the biology of a species and thus the conservation of them...
When and where do the Sand Plovers fly?
Ever heard of moult strategies? At Mida Creek each year thousands of migrant waders drop their feathers and grow new ones ready to take them up to 8,000 km to their breeding grounds – and back. Now studied in...
What they value, they will preserve
A Rocha Kenya continues to hold a week long, yearly camp for the ASSETS beneficiaries and this year was no exception. A bright Tuesday morning, April the 17th, a team of five headed by Festus Masha, our community...
Welcome to our renewed E-News!
A Rocha Kenya’s E-Newsletter was relaunched on April 6th 2018. Here is our Director’s greeting: Dear friends of A Rocha Kenya, The rains are almost upon us – in fact we’ve had some storms already and there is...
BIRD RINGING: A TOOL TO UNDERSTANDING BIRD ECOLOGY AND POPULATION DYNAMICS.
Every morning we wake up to the beautiful melodious bird sounds but seldom do we appreciate the diversity amongst them. Birds contribute a lot to the survival of humans and the environmental ecosystem through pollination and dispersion thus the...
WATER! WATER! WATER!
Have you ever taken a second of your precious time to wonder about Water? #Water is the only thing that covers 71% of all the earth and only 1% is fresh water while the rest is salty water in...
WHEN WEATHER PERSISTS TO BE THE TALK!
“Siku hizi kumebadilika sana,” is a common Swahili phrase used by almost everyone to refer to the changes in weather patterns today. All this is #Climate change which is a reality already here with us. The effects are felt...