By COLLINS OMULOMore by this AuthorThe United Nations has called for increased protection of cultural icons and key resources which are at risk from human activity. A third of Kenya’s elephants, roughly 11,000 live in habitats sustained by the mountain and of those 2,600 elephants live in the Mount Kenya National Reserve. "Global warming and climate change are serious threats to all our mountain environments and communities," the Ambassador said. His Holiness, 70, was a guest of Mount Kenya Trust, a Kenyan conservation organisation working with communities and government agencies including KWS and KFS to protect the environment of Kenya's tallest mountain. Mount Kenya Trust established in 2000 to help protect and restore the integrity of Mount Kenya's forests and wildlife has planted more than half a million trees around Mount Kenya, turned 350 hectares back to indigenous forest, launched tree nurseries nurturing 100,000 seedlings, and helped 50,000 Kenyans with health care and 2,000 children understand conservation better.

Source: Daily Nation October 28, 2016 12:59 UTC