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As seen in: Daily Nation, Nation Media Group, LinkedIn, Nation Africa, Kenya Television Network, The Standard (Kenya), Business Daily Africa, Farmlandgrab
Covers:  'Climate' 'Sustainability' 'Food Security' 'Clean Energy'
Doesn't Cover: Politics
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Wambui Mbuthia’s Journalist Portfolio

The role of community land rights in rehabilitating degraded land

The role of community land rights in rehabilitating degraded land

Without securing land and tenure rights, communities view the land restoration agenda and their quest to supp…

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Generation Green: Young people on the frontline of climate crisis

Generation Green: Young people on the frontline of climate crisis

Some youth groups and individuals are implementing strategies to reduce emissions and promote community resil…

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Kenya ventures into geospatial technologies for biodiversity conservation

Kenya ventures into geospatial technologies for biodiversity conservation

The Kenya Space Agency (KSA) and Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy (MKWC) recently announced a landmark collab…

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A Just energy transition: Navigating a clean energy shift

A Just energy transition: Navigating a clean energy shift

Learn how to green the economy in a way that is as fair and inclusive as possible to everyone.

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Oil and gas industry is failing Africa’s economy, experts warn

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By Wambui Mbuthia Verified
| zurl.co
What you need to know: A new report says that the promise has consistently failed to be kept, and that continuing to chase it will only deepen the continent’s problems. Every time a tanker leaves an African port loaded with crude oil, a promise leaves with it: that this wealth will one day reach the people whose land it came from. A new report says that promise has consistently failed to be kept, and that continuing to chase it will only deepen the continent’s problems.
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Taita Taveta farmers proving coexistence with elephants actually pays off

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By Wambui Mbuthia Verified
| Daily Nation Verified
Rags dot the fence around Henritta Mkamburi's farm in Kajire village, Sagalla Ward, dancing in the wind. A second fence is lined with metal bells. The 74-year-old walks her farm with quiet satisfaction, glad to have brought in a full yield this year. It hasn't always been this way. Henritta Mkamburi gestures as she explains how her fence made up of pieces of metals and strings infused with chilies are used as a repellant against elephant attacks on her farm.
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Taita Taveta farmers proving coexistence with elephants actually pays off

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By Wambui Mbuthia Verified
| zurl.co
What you need to know: An elephant eats 90–181kg of vegetation daily, drinks up to 210 litres of water, and browses for up to 16 hours. A single herd raid can devastate a farm overnight. Their extraordinary memory means they return season after season, following routes learned as calves. For a subsistence farmer, one visit erases a year's work. Rags dot the fence around Henritta Mkamburi's farm in Kajire village, Sagalla Ward, dancing in the wind. A second fence is lined with metal bells.
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