Articles by David Njagi
David Njagi, is a freelance journalist, born, and practicing in Kenya. He specializes in print, online and photojournalism and has a special inclination towards science reporting. Njagi has over nine years experience in the field of journalism, having graduated from Kenya Polytechnic University College with a Diploma in Journalism and Public Relations in 2003. He has also embarked on several professional development trainings with respected institutions such as Internews Kenya, the Sida Makerere Environmental Training Programme and the Media Council of Kenya, among others. He has published his work with both local and international media outlets. Locally, he has published with the Star and the Nation Media Group publications, among others. At the International and online level, he has published with Mongabay.com, Reuters AlertNet, allAfrica.com, Inter Press Services (IPS), Science and Development Network (SciDev.Net) Onislam and Africa Science News Service (ASNS), among others. David is keen to seek any opportunity that develops him professionally and enriches his career. His hobbies are reading, participating in insightful debates and of course, writing. Languages: English, Kiswahili. Conversant: French. Twitter:@DavidNjagi Facebook: http://facebook.com/kibaata.karitu Cell: +254 720 480 830 E-mail: [email protected]
Sustainable fish farming & agroecology buoy Kenyan communities
In Kenya, push-pull method tries to debug organic farming’s pest problem
Farmers regreen Kenya’s drylands with agroforestry and an app
Kenya, conservation and music: Q&A with singer Barbara Guantai
In Kenya, the indigenous music of Afro Simba promotes environmental stewardship and peace
‘A crisis situation’: Extinctions loom as forests are erased in Mozambique
In East Africa, spread of sickle bush drives conflict with wildlife
Satellite technology unites Kenyans against bush fires
Farmers see promise and profit for agroforestry in southern Kenya
Doubts cloud Kenya’s renewed palm oil ambitions
Youth, women, indigenous group pay the price of logging in Kenya
Kenya’s forests squeezed as government pressures environment groups
Special series
Forest Trackers
- ‘We just want to be left in peace’: In Brazil’s Amazon, soy ambitions loom over Indigenous land
- Deforestation continues in Kenya’s largest water capturing forest, satellites show
- Drug trafficking imperils national park and Indigenous reserves in the Peruvian Amazon
- Indonesia’s besieged Tesso Nilo National Park hit hard by yet more deforestation, satellites show
Oceans
- Lethal or not? Australia’s beaches are a crucible for shark control methods
- Is ocean iron fertilization back from the dead as a CO₂ removal tool?
- Dominica set to open world’s first reserve centered around sperm whales
- ‘Very good progress’ but nothing firm as deep-sea mining rules are hashed out
Amazon Conservation
- Study links pesticides to child cancer deaths in Brazilian Amazon & Cerrado
- Amazon drought: Much damage still to come (commentary)
- Amazon recovery offers hope of big rewards but poses equally big challenges
- The Amazon’s archaeology of hope: Q&A with anthropologist Michael Heckenberger
Land rights and extractives
- Australia crackdown on climate protesters grows amid fight against gas project
- Study: Despite armed conflicts, Indigenous lands have better environment quality
- Indigenous community fighting a mine in Palawan wins a milestone legal verdict
- Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights
Endangered Environmentalists
- Vietnamese environmentalist sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax evasion
- Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights
- Video: Five Tembé Indigenous activists shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’
- Indigenous activists demand justice after 5 shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- In Borneo, the ‘Power of Mama’ fight Indonesia’s wildfires with all-woman crew
- Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo
- After 20 years and thousands of trees planted, Kalimantan’s veteran forester persists
- Aziil Anwar, Indonesian coral-based mangrove grower, dies at 64
Conservation Effectiveness
- Forest restoration can fare better with human helping hand, study shows
- From rat-ridden to reserve, Redonda is an island restoration role model
- Video: Rice as a peace offering in India’s human-elephant conflict capital
- Group certification helps Malaysia’s Sabah aim for palm oil sustainability
Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri
- Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation rules
- To build its ‘green’ capital city, Indonesia runs a road through a biodiverse forest
- Robust river governance key to restoring Mekong River vitality in face of dams