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The Ngong forest is rapidly shrinking under urban pressure, but restoration efforts aim to rebuild biodiversity.[File, Standard]
At the edge of Nairobi’s rapidly expanding skyline, where roads, buildings and concrete continue to advance, Ngong Forest is struggling to preserve what remains of one of the city’s most important green spaces.
What was once a continuous indigenous forest belt has gradually shrunk from an estimated 2,926 hectares at gazettement to about 1,224 hectares today. Urban expansion, land encroachment, and increasing human activity have steadily reduced its ecological footprint, turning the forest into a symbol of a city growing faster than its natural systems can withstand.
Yet on the forest floor, a different story is unfolding, one of restoration and renewal.
