Nairobi National Park wildlife ecosystem has more than doubled its land size to 78,000 acres after two institutions agreed to integrate their land with the wildlife conservancy. This will be an essential wildlife corridor, for the animal population in Nairobi National Park,” said Balala. “On the Northern side, we are looking into acquiring 1,500 acres of land to extend the Nairobi National Park to Ngong Forest. We hope that all this will enable Nairobi National Park to be listed and declared a world heritage site,” Balala said. WILDLIFE CORRIDORThe CS also inaugurated the taskforce on wildlife corridor connectivity between Nairobi National Park and the Athi-Kapiti Plains.

Source: Daily Nation September 26, 2020 04:52 UTC