On 5th June, 5000 people came out to the Northern boundary of the Park to show their concern for Nairobi National Park & to plant trees.
They all held hands in a 5000-strong human chain to demonstrate support for the Park & the inviobility of it’s borders: the Northern boundary of the Park marches next to Nairobi’s Industrial area…..
A 50 metre wide prtection belt will eventually stretch all the way from ‘Carnivore Corner’ in the NW corner of the Park down along the Nairobi Athi River Highway -some 30 km of fencing. This corridor will be planted with indigenous trees, especially Acacia sp………..
The Greenline Day was a great success, with a huge turn-out & a large amount of money raised for the ongoing tree-planting effort.
Some of the folks who turned out to support the Park & fundraising….
Some of the VIPs at the Fundraiser’s breakfast: Greenline is a joint KWS/KAM (Kenya Association of Manufacturers) project.
See www.nairobigreenline.comfor further details……….
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Thank you for these great news! I’m really happy to see that NNP has many friends and that the local people want to protect the park. It’s such an unique place. Tree planting is a very symbolic gesture to show support and at the same time it’s creating better protection for the park and it’s wildlife.
There are many that have planted trees and that is good ….but the next challenge is to “PARENT the FOREST” for at least 5 years !!! Great to be part of this Project …..this is much more that just Nairobi Park …..it is HELPING is set a TREE PARENT attitude in many other places as well .
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