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...
Improving knowledge – Saving our oceans
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...
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...
SURVEYS OF WATAMU MARINE NATIONAL PARK: Intertidal and Subtidal zone
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...
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...
THE BLUESTREAK CLEANER WRASSE
Reef fish are awesome because they come in so many shapes, sizes and colors. This amazing diversity of colors though awesome can be a nightmare for researchers trying to identify them. The cleaner wrasse co-existing with other reef fish...