Have you ever stayed at the Mwamba Conservation Center or been to the Kenyan beaches and spotted tiny pinkish crabs scampering really fast? If you have, then you might have spotted the Pink Ghost Crab, scientific name Ocypode ryderi. ...
A Rocha teams around the world highly value the work of volunteers, and it’s always a joy for us to meet new people and work alongside them. The Mwamba team has recently welcomed new volunteers, so let’s have a...
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...
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...
15 beach operators among hundreds might sound too few to bring a real difference. But what if each of them influenced one more by demonstrating the benefits of responsible tourism. “Beach boys”; the term is synonymous with everything negative...
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...
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...
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...
The intertidal zone of Watamu Marine National Park is diverse and extensive. The shores of the ‘long beach’ opens to a whole new world below the sea surface in the intertidal zone. The unique habitats and species richness has...
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...