Kenya has approved a wildlife corridor that will reconnect and re-establish migratory crossings between Nairobi National Park NNP and the greater Athi-Kapiti wildlife ecosystem to the south of the park.
Kenyas Cabinet approved the implementation of the wildlife corridor in November in response to a need for urgent action to curb habitat fragmentation and escalating human-wildlife conflict around NNP.
According to a Cabinet statement, the project will reconnect the park to surrounding conservancies in Athi-Kapiti a 6 000 square kilometre mixed-use zone that historically acted as a critical wildlife dispersal area for NNP.
