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Nairobi Inspires Cities to Recover Green Spaces During Pandemic

Never has the John Michuki Memorial Park's 1000-hectares - defended from land grabbers by Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai in 1999 and secured by activists and the Kenya Forest Service in 2010 - been more appreciated. The forest is a boon too to adults who live in a growing culture of processed food and long sedentary hours in traffic. In Kenya, non-communicable diseases account for over 50% of hospital admissions. During lockdown, the government has almost doubled usable green space in Nairobi, created hundreds of green jobs, invited the public to plant roundabouts, writes Cathy Watson for the Center for International Forestry Research.

Kenya: Nairobi Recovers Its Green Spaces During Pandemic. Other Cities Can Too

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 24 August 2020

All cities need parks. It should not require a global crisis to make this clear Read more »
Kenya: Facing Covid-19 and Climate Threats, Nairobi Ramps Up Green Efforts

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 14 August 2020

Peter Njeru used to live in central Nairobi's rundown Michuki Memorial Park because he had nowhere else to go. Now the 28-year-old is restoring and guarding the green space, one of… Read more »
Kenya: After Restoration of Michuki Park, Tobiko Now Targets City Park

Nairobi News, 4 August 2020

The government has now shifted its focus to the rehabilitation of City Park as the completion of Michuki Memorial Park nears completion. Read more »
Kenya: Forestry Agency to Run City Park, Says Tobiko

Nation, 11 June 2020

The Nairobi City Park has been put under the management of the Kenya Forest Service (KFS), following a presidential directive. Read more »
Kenya: Nairobi National Park Under Threat From City Developers

East African, 10 June 2020

The Nairobi National Park, feted for being the only game park in the world within a city, has been around for over 74 years, but its future is in doubt. Read more »