Two of East Africas most celebrated natural sites, Mount Kenya National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area, have been downgraded in their global conservation status.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN, in its Conservation Outlook 2025 report, has reclassified both sites from good with some concerns to significant concern citing growing environmental degradation, unsustainable human activity and climate-related pressures.
Kenyas highest peak and Africas second tallest mountain, Mount Kenya, is facing a rapid decline in its ecological health. Once famed for its snow-capped peaks, the mountain is now suffering from accelerated glacier melt, deforestation and increasing human encroachment.