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John Mbaria
John Mbaria works in Kenya as an Environment Correspondent with ‘The EastAfrican’; a regional weekly published by the Nation Media Group Ltd and read in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. Since late 2000, he has been carrying out general and investigative reporting as well as analytical coverage of various newsworthy developments in wildlife conservation, destruction of forests, environmental pollution, climate change, the gradual proliferation of genetically modified organisms in Kenya and elsewhere in Africa. Mbaria also contributes to other news outlets including Daily Nation, Sunday Nation as well as the Greenpeace Magazine of Germany and is occasionally contracted by several Kenya-based UN bodies and international research institutes to do media work. He is a two-time winner of the Peter Jenkins Award for East African Conservation Journalism and holds Masters of Arts in Planning.
Posts by John Mbaria
A Sacred Lake Is Swallowed
5 commentsA community of people was at peace with the lake: it cherished the birds that flew there, and knew those that left in the morning would come back to their nests at dusk. Whenever the rains failed, sacrifices were offered at the lake’s shore. But now, things are no longer the same.
»Small But Not Insignificant
No commentsAlthough many of the solutions talked about or adopted to tackle global warming hinge on the reduction of carbon in the air, there is yet to be an agreement on how to reward the millions of farmers with small holdings who grow trees on their farms and contribute to the global efforts to fight climate change.
»Poznan ’moving right way’on climate
1 commentThe high level segment of the United Nations Climate Change Conference began today here in Poznan, Poland, with ministers from 189 countries making statements on how their countries will cooperate in meeting the agreements set during a similar conference in Bali, Indonesia, last year.
»Doing Away with the Kerosene Stove? Not So fast!
No commentsNegotiations on whether Kenyans and people from other developing countries should have access to cutting edge technology to tap solar, wind and geothermal power have intensified during the two-week Climate Change Conference here in Poznan, Poland, with disagreements emerging between the developed and developing countries.
»Saving the Congo Basin: Just With Cash?
No commentsAs discussions in the United Nations conference on climate change prepare to enter their second week in the Polish city of Poznan, there are disagreements over how to compansate African countries and peoples hosting one of the most significant global ’lungs’ in order to keep it intact.
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