{"id":37243,"date":"2026-06-16T12:35:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37243"},"modified":"2026-06-16T12:35:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:35:32","slug":"kenya-forest-development-plan-sparks-concern","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/kenya-forest-development-plan-sparks-concern\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya forest development plan sparks concern"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Concerns are mounting over plans to develop 100 acres of upland forest within Nairobi National Park.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Environmental group Green Belt Movement has stressed that the park is not vacant land awaiting construction, but a critical ecological asset that supports biodiversity, climate resilience, tourism, and the well-being of current and future generations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The organisation, alongside other environmental groups, is calling for the immediate suspension of any planned construction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">They say the plan need meaningful public participation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">They mentioned that they want assurance that the development will not come at the expense of protected ecosystems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":37244,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-37243","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":"Concerns over plans to develop 100 acres of upland forest"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37245,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37243\/revisions\/37245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=37243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}