In Kenya, electric fences protect forests from human destruction


  • World
  • Thursday, 25 Feb 2021

An electric fence separates agricultural land and the Eburru forest reserve, Kenya, January 28, 2021. Picture taken January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

NAKURU, Kenya (Reuters) - What can stop wandering elephants, illegal logging and protect sources of water? Kenyan environmental group Rhino Ark Trust says: electric fences. Lots of them.

The trust has put up fences around two key areas where rainfall feeds Kenya's rivers. It is adding more fencing around a third area in Mount Kenya, where 250 kilometres out of a planned 450 kilometres (280 miles) has been constructed.

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