Cheryl-Samantha Owen

Knowledge creates empowerment and  raising public awareness of the threats currently facing Kenya's Tana River Delta is key to ensuring this coastal wilderness gains formal protection. Spreading into the heart of the wetlands, sugarcane fields will destroy much of the Delta's biological diversity, and the local Orma tribe who are opposed to the project need the support of  organisations such as BirdLife International and the East African Wildlife Society. The December/January 2008 issue of Africa Geographic published my news article  highlighting the main issues.