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In the News – September 2024
Monthly summary of media stories highlighting our global programs. How spring project is bringing clean, fresh water to Nandi residents, The Star Kenya
In the News – August 2024
Monthly summary of media stories highlighting our global programs.
Partnerships Provide Safe, Fresh Water for Communities and Cranes in Kenya
Aug. 29, 2024 (Kenya, Africa) – The International Crane Foundation installed six freshwater springs in Nandi County, Kenya, this year, providing more than 5,000 families with fresh water, thanks in part to a one-million-dollar commitment from the Leiden Conservation Foundation and the support from the local communities and governments. Families throughout Nandi County rely on water for domestic use and to care for their livestock, yet 54 percent of people in this county do not have access to safe water.
International Crane Foundation Registers Carbon Offsetting Project for 90,000 Hectares
Aug. 13, 2024 (South Africa) – As part of the long-term commitment to protect threatened grassland and wetland crane habitat in the Drakensberg region of South Africa, the International Crane Foundation – in partnership with Endangered Wildlife Trust – announces registration in one of only six registered carbon offsetting projects in the world using Voluntary Carbon Market Methodology – and covering the widest geographical footprint in the country.
Kenya’s oldest known wild Grey Crowned Crane
On the northern foothills of Nyandarua Mountains (also known as Aberdare Ranges) lies a small, high-altitude and one of Kenya’s highly threatened wetlands, Lake Ol’ Bolossat. The lake has a variety of habitats ranging from montane riparian grasslands, short and tall vegetation marshlands, and open water that attract a variety of avifauna, making it one of the richest aquatic ecosystems in the country in terms of waterfowl species diversity.
Greater Lakenvlei Protected Environment in South Africa Expanded
The grasslands in the Greater Lakenvlei Protected Environment are home to Blue Cranes and the endangered Grey Crowned Cranes that utilize the region’s wetlands. The Greater Lakenvlei Protected Environment was first established on April 7, 2017, covering 14,305 hectares and made up of 66 properties in the area between Dullstroom and eMakhazeni (formally known as Belfast) in northeastern South Africa. Our partners, The Endangered Wildlife Trust, with BirdLife South Africa, Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency, and the Greater Lakenvlei Protected Environment Landowners Association, completed the necessary processes, including thorough field assessments and meetings with landowners, to expand the protected area by 7,448 hectares with 32 additional properties. The expansion was formally proclaimed on September 1, 2023, and published in the Mpumalanga Provincial Gazette Number 3569.
A Hidden Threat to Grey Crowned Cranes in Uganda
A dead Grey Crowned Crane lies below a transmission line in southwest Uganda. A sudden movement causes a Grey Crowned Crane pair to flush, leaping upwards until one of the cranes unknowingly collides with a powerline near their roost site. The bird later is found below the line with a wing injury or is killed immediately from the impact or electrocution.
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