Kenya: Lobby Groups Want Court to Block Construction of Road Through Aberdares National Park - South Africa Today

Source: South Africa Today
Author: Sat East Africa

Nairobi -- Lobby groups have moved to the Environment and Land court to block the planned construction of the controversial 52- kilometer Mau-Mau Road, which cuts through the Aberdare National Park and Forest Reserve.

The conservationists argued that if the Sh4.4 billion road is not stopped, it would have harmful and irreversible environmental, economic, and cultural impacts on the Aberdare.

East Africa Wildlife Society, Kenya Forest Working Group, Africa Centre for Peace and Human Rights and...