Dredgers dump their toxic load next to coral reefs in violation of laws and regulations
BEACH TOURISM OPERATORS UP IN ARMS OVER NEW TOXIC WASTE DUMPING CLOSE TO THE REEFS (Posted 18th March 2019) (One of the dregers seen from the air dumping toxic loads near a coral reef) Still facing many challenges to upgrade hospitality products and fill beds along the Kenya coast, has an old problem come back […]
First dredgers and now trawlers – what next for Diani’s reefs?
FIRST A DREDGER AND NOW A TRAWLER – IS DIANI’S COAST LINE NOW A FREE FOR ALL? (Posted 20th November 2014) (Si Hang Cai Sha 1 as recently photographed when doing illegal sand harvesting) Only yesterday was an extensive report filed here about dynamite fishing in Tanzania, where reefs are damaged beyond repair and while […]
Environmentalists prevail to have work on second stretch of Kenya’s new SGR halted
CHINESE CONTRACTOR STOPPED FROM PROCEEDING WITH ROUTE THROUGH NATIONAL PARK (Posted 16th August 2016) Kenya’s conservation fraternity, at least for now, can be proud to have stopped the Chinese construction company selected to build the second stretch of the new Standard Gauge Railway, in short SGR, which will run from Nairobi to the Rift Valley […]
Kwale Governor continues his opposition against dredging
A YEAR SINCE A FULL PAGE ADVERT SERVED NOTICE AGAINST CHINESE SAND DREDGERS BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN? (Posted 10th May 2016) The fight continues over Kenya’s award winning Diani beaches, to either save them or else see them destroyed by ongoing, and by the look of it illegal sand extraction close to the […]
Chinese company accused of wilfully destroying Kenya’s best beach
DIANI BEACHES UNDER RENEWED ASSAULT BY ILLEGAL DREDGERS (Posted 03rd March 2016) The nightmare of sandless Diani beaches is looming large again after a Chinese company, the China Roads and Bridge Corporation decided to appeal a decision by the Kenyan environmental tribunal, that no more dredging was permitted off Diani beach without a full environmental […]
China Road and Bridge Corporation handed ‘Stop Dredging’ order by NEMA Tribunal
SOUTH COAST RESIDENTS HAND SAND DIGGERS THEIR FIRST DEFEAT (Posted 08th July 2015) The South Coast Residents Association, an alliance bringing together local and foreign residents as well as resorts and other businesses from Likoni over Tiwi to Diani and beyond, have tasted their first victory in their battle to keep the dreaded dredgers off […]
Diani bags best beach destination award in Africa again but the future is uncertain
KENYA MAINTAINS TOP RANKINGS AT WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS BUT DIANI STANDING UNDER THREAT (Posted 22nd June 2015) Kenya’s tourism industry received a double of good news in the space of a week when, after the long overdue lifting of anti-travel advisories by Britain Kenya’s Tourism Board was once again named as Africa’s leading destination KTB, […]
Residents associations tackle environmental challenges where government fails
TOURISM STAKEHOLDERS FROM MOMBASA COUNTRY DENOUNCE TOURISM BUDGET (Posted 10th May 2015) Tourism stakeholders, to varying degrees, have made their frustration known when the budget estimates for the Mombasa County became known a few days ago, as the previous budget of 200 million Kenya Shillings, already dismissed a year ago as grossly inadequate, was literally […]
