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Kenya Biofuel Plans Threaten Wetland - Eco-Groups
Jun 24th, 2008 by Administrator |

Reuters: Kenya should reverse a decision to grow biofuel crops which will threaten wild life on an important coastal wetland, two conservation groups warned on Monday. More than 80 square miles (207 sq. km) of the Tana River Delta will be planted with sugarcane, threatening 350 species of birds, lions, elephants, rare sharks and reptiles, Britain’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) said. "This decision is a national disaster and will devastate the Delta," Paul …

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