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Proposed tarmac road in Kenya threatens key water source

Kenya's leader supports road through UNESCO heritage forest

High above sea level, amid a lush green canopy, cedar, podo and hegeina trees adorn the landscape, draped with thick moss and delicate lichen. Streams...

Kenya's leader wants a paved road to cut through a forested UNESCO heritage site. Scientists don't

Kenya's leader supports road through UNESCO heritage forest – The Frontier Post

Planned road across Kenyan park creates split between environmental costs and financial gains

In a dense layer of green thousands of feet above sea level, cedar, podo and hegeina trees pattern the landscape, thick moss hanging from their branches and feathery lichen attached to their barks. This is the Aberdare Range, a forest and mountain range in central Kenya that’s one of the country’s main water sources and a key wildlife habitat. The Kenyan government wants to build a 32-mile tarmac road to connect two counties, and the country’s environmental agency, the National Environment Management Authority, issued an environmental impact assessment license for the project last month.

Planned road across Kenyan park creates split between environmental costs and financial gains | iNFOnews

Kenya's leader wants a paved road to cut through a forested UNESCO heritage site. Scientists don't

Following pressure from Kenya's president, the national environment authority has issued a license for the construction of a tarmac road through the forested Aberdare range, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Kenya's leader wants to pave road through a forest, a key water source. Scientists don't

Residents are optimistic the project could improve their lives. But scientists and conservationists fear irreparable damage to the ecosystem.

Kenya wants to cut through forest to build a road for its people. Scientists fear an ecosystem mess.

Kenya wants to build a road through a forest that would benefit its people, but scientists worry about ecosystem damage.

Planned road across Kenya's Aberdare Range creates environmental, financial debate