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Friends of Karura Forest

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Latest from Friends of Karura Forest

📰 Update · May 29

Karura recognised as leading African urban forest

📰 Update · Mar 25

Friends of Karura welcome the Court order to halt construction inside Karura Forest

📰 Update · Mar 14

Friends of Karura Call for Immediate Halt to Tree Clearance in Karura Forest

📰 Update · Mar 3

Questions mount over ongoing tree clearing and construction inside Karura Forest

📰 Update · Feb 26

Friends of Karura demand immediate end to tree clearance

📰 Update · Jan 29

FKF races in Karura get 2026 off on a good footing

📰 Update · Dec 10

Update from Karura Forest

📰 Update · Dec 9

Local community groups support Friends of Karura Forest with tree planting

Friends of Karura: Reclaiming Nairobi's Urban Forest

Forests

🇰🇪 Kenya

A community forest association turned a logged, squatted and dumped-on patch of Nairobi into one of the world's largest thriving urban forests.

200ktreesIndigenous trees planted since 2009
50kmWalking and cycling trails built
75kvisitors/monthMonthly visitors
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