Journeys Through Africa

Mathew’s Range …

Above: Island forests on Mathews Range in the drylands of northern Kenya. Copyright Luca Borghesio Part 2 of 3 A little-known mountain range with one of the least disturbed forests in north Kenya makes for exciting long term research in forest dynamics Dynamics of the Forest “People tend to think of forests as never changing,” […]

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Journeys Through Africa

Mathew’s Range: A little-known mountain range with one of the least disturbed forests in north Kenya makes for exciting long term research in forest dynamics

Above: Dry lower slopes of Mathews Range From the archives: 6 September 2013 Published: in The East African Nation newspaper Part 1 of 3 September 1887. Count Teleki and Captain Ludwig von Hoehnel left Ngong near what is today Nairobi to trek across northern Kenya in search of a huge lake. The local Samburu called […]

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